SarkinYarki:


ButerflylE0? I thought you have been kidnapped ? I can smell you from a mile away

Ask GEJ/PDP, they gave that responsibility to the DISCOs when they privatized electricity and power generation or just google the meaning of privatization.

It is not by force to comment.

......you should on the other hand show us the major projects GEJ/PDP completed in 16 years

Show us the roads

Show us the completed rail projects

Show us the bridges

Show us the refineries

Show us the hospitals

Show us the water works

Show us anything meaningful Nigeria benefited from 16 years/PDP and $500 BILLION oil earnings.

plaindealer:




Ask GEJ/PDP, they gave that responsibility to the DISCOs when they privatized electricity and power generation or just google the meaning of privatization.

It is not by force to comment.

......you should on the other hand show us the major projects GEJ/PDP completed in 16 years

Show us the roads

Show us the completed rail projects

Show us the bridges

Show us the refineries

Show us the hospitals

Show us the water works

Show us anything meaningful Nigeria benefited from 16 years/PDP and $500 BILLION oil earnings.

Nazzysca:

Bros, you need to be truthful with your points. I voted PMB in 2015 cos I felt GEJ messed up. But PMB has even disappointed more.
Below are just GEJ's projects in few states;
KEBBI STATE:
* Establishment of new Federal University at Kalgo
* SURE P Project on Primary Health Care
* Construction of Almajiri school
* Provision of Improved Cotton seedlings free of charge for farmers
* Establishment of CBN cash office
* Building of Silos
* Establishment of a federal FM Radio
* Railway line
* Rehabilitation of federal roads
* Construction of new Library in Federal Unity Schools
* Construction of expert Crop Preservation & Conditioning Centre
* Construction of Silos (100,000 metric tones capacity)

JIGAWA STATE:
* Establishment of new Federal University in Dutse
* Construction of Almajiri schools
* Establishment of a Federal Polytechnic
* Construction of a Laboratory blocks in Jigawa State Polytechnic Dutse
* Flood Victims Palliative Scheme
* Dry Farming Project
* SURE – P Projects on Primary Health Care
* Construction of new Library in Federal Unity Schools
* Desertification Control Project: Establishment of 15 Row Green Belt(80Km) and Presidential Initiative on Afforestation Program

KADUNA STATE:
* Rail line Zaria/Kaura Namoda rail route
* Abuja – Kaduna rail line
* Kaduna Airport remodelled
* Kaduna Refinery rehabilitation after 15 years
* SURE – P Projects in the State Almajiri Schools
* Free improved Cotton Seedlings for farmers
* Dry Season farming Project
* Construction of new Library in Federal Unity school
* Revival of the Nigerian Textiles PLC Kaduna and its employees re-engaged.
* Construction of Expert Preservation & Conditioning Centre
* Ongoing work in Gurara Waterfalls and irrigation projects
* Ongoing Kafanchan 2 x 60 MVA 32/33KV substation, Kaduna – Jos 330kv Double – Circuit Line, 2 x 330KV Line Bays Extension at Kaduna
* Kaduna Power plant – Mando Road 330kv Double – Circuit Transmission Line and Substation Extension at Mando Road substation 2nd Kaduna – Kano 330KV Double – Circuit Transmission Line
* Ongoing 2 x 60 MVA, 132/33KV Substations at kwoi and Kachia
* Establishment of a division of the National Industrial Court in Kaduna
* Construction of a Storey cell block in Kaduna Prison
* Rehabilitation of Agric Skills Training Centre
* Federal Government College Rabah Road. Kaduna laboratory refurbished.
* Galma Dam Water supply Kaduna State.

KANO STATE:
* Construction of new Airport Terminal/upgrading
* Provision of Railway Train Services (Lagoa – Kano)
* Upgrading Nigerian Police Academy in Wudil to a University Status
* Rehabilitation of Kano – Kastina Federal Road
* Rehabilitation of 510Km Kano – Maiduguri Road
* Construction of Almajiri schools
* Desertification Control Projects
* Construction of new Library in Federal Unity school
* SURE – P project on Primary Health Care
* Dry Season Farming Projects
* Ongoing 1 x 30MVA, 132/33kv substation at Wudil Kano State. Kano – Katsina 330KV Double – Circuit Transmission Line and 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV Substation at Dambatta, Kano state
* Rehabilitation and Re -commissioning of the NNPC depot in Kano.
* Construction of a storey block for 212 inmate at Kano Central Prison
* Establishment of 80 Km of 15– row Green Belt and the Presidential Initiative on Afforestation in Kano and other 10 Northern States.

ZAMFARA STATE:
* Rehabilitation of Funtua – Gusau – Sokoto Road
* Establishment of a new Federal University Gusau in January 2013 Almajiri |Schools construction
* SURE- Projects on Primary Health Care (PHC)
* Dry season farming Project
* e-wallet System for farmers
* Construction of new Library in Federal Unity school
* Rehabilitation of Namoda Jiba Road Section iv in Zamfara State
* Rehabilitation of Dangulbi Road in Zamfara, Mainchi – Anka Daki Takwa Road
* Construction of Silos (100,000 metric tons capacity)
* Rehabilitation of the NNPC Depot in Gusau
* Construction of Agricultural Skills Training Centre
* Establishment of Cancers treatment Centre at the Federal Medical Centre Gusau

SOKOTO STATE:
* Lagos – Sokoto Railway Project approved March 2014
* Rehabilitation of Funtua – Gusau – Sokoto Road
* Dry Season farming Project
* Construction of Almajiri schools
* Provision of Improved Cotton Seedlings free of Charge for farmers
* Desertification Control Project: Presidential Initiative on Afforestation
* Relief ( Palliative Scheme) for flood victims
* SURE P Projects on Primary Health Care
* Construction of new Library in Federal Unity schools
* e- wallet System in the distribution of farming inputs supply
* Rehabilitation of the Shagari irrigation Project
* Rehabilitation of Sokoto Airport
* Construction of Silos (100,000 metric tones capacity)
* Goronyo Dam Emergency Spill Repairs (Water Supply) Sokoto

KATSINA STATE:
* Establishment of a new Federal University in Dutsin-ma Katsina State
* Construction of Almajiri Schools ( Modern Tsangaya School System)
* e- wallet System for farmers
* Free improved Cotton Seedlings for farmers
* Rehabilitation/ consruction of Kano – Kastina Road
* Rehabilitation of Kastina – Daura Road
* Dry Season Farming Project
* SURE P Project on Primary Health Care and others
* Desertification Control Project
* Rehabilitation of the Umaru Yar’Adua International Airport Katsina
* Construction of Silos (100,000 metric tones capacity)
* Construction of Kankara Gurbi road.
* Ongoing Daura 2 x 30/40MVA substation and 2 x 132KV Line bay extension at Katsina.
* Grid Rehabilitation and Reinforcement in Katsina Substation, Kano – Katsina 330KV Double – Circuit Transmission Line, 2 x 150MVA, 330/132KV + 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV Substation at Katsina, Katsina – Kurfi – Dutsinma – Kankara – Malumfashi 132KV Double Circuit Line, Sub Power Stations in Kurfi (2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV), Dutsinma, Kankara and Malumfashi substation, Kumbotso (Daura) – Dambatta 132KV Line and Katsina – Daura 132KV Double Circuit Line.
* Construction of a Storey building Administrative Block and 36 Units of One Bedroom at Katsina by the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
* Presidential Initiative on Aforestation
* 80% Completion of the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure at Jibia Irrigation Projects
* Construction of 10MW Wind Energy Generation Companies in Katsina

NORTH CENTRAL GEO POLITICAL ZONE
KOGI STATE:
* Establishment of a new Federal University in Felele – Lokoja
* Dualization of the 212 Km Lokoja – Abuja Road, Lokoja Okene – Benin Road
* SURE – P Projects on Primary Health Care
* e-wallet System for farmers in the distribution of Agricultural Inputs and Dry season Farming Projects
* 434 mw Geregu Power Generating Plant ii completed and commissioned in October 2013
* Aladja – Ajaukuta Rail fixed and tested
* Kogi state is one of the states proposed for the three Green Field Refineries of the NNPC in alliance with CSECC (Kogi Green Field Refinery Itobe village Kogi State) Jamata River Port at over 50% completion
* Establishment/ Construction of a federal High court
* Palliative Scheme for flood victims in Kogi State
* Food Processing Centre with a capacity of 25,000 metric tones silos
* Ongoing 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV substation at Egbe, 2 x 60 MVA and 2 x 132KV line bays extension at Obajana, Lokoja – Obajana 330kv double – circuit line and 330/132kv substation at Obajana.
* Ongoing 132/33kv substation at Ayangba, Kogi State
* Construction of Lokoja River Port and Jetties at Idah

NASARAWA STATE:
* Establishment of a new Federal University in Lafia
* Road Rehabilitation; Lafia – Makurdi Road
* SURE – P Projects on Primary Health Care (PHC)
* Construction of new library in the Federal Unity School
* Rehabilitation /construction of Lafia – Doma road, Lafia – Obi – Awe Road , Nasarawa – Karsh – Ara Road
* Construction of the Loko – Oweto Bridge linking Nasarawa and Benue States
* Establishment of Central Bank Lafia
* Karshi Power Transmission Station
* Lafia Power Sub – Station
* Doma Dam 375million cubic meters of water for irrigation
* Four storey Federal Secretariat, Lafia with 402 offices constructed
* Federal High Court complex constructed
* Distribution of computers and internet broadband to schools
* Construction of Faculty of Arts Lecture theatre in Nasarawa State University Keffi by the federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, and the construction of the faculty of Administration lecture theatre, Faculty of Social Science lecture theatre and construction of Academic staff office complex.
* The CBN intervention project in Nasarawa State University; Construction of the school of Post Graduate Studies Complex.
* Construction of Export Crop preservation Conditioning Centre
* Provision of Portable drinking water at Nasarawa state University Keffi
* Establishment of Cancers Treatment Centre at the Federal Medical Centre Keffi
* Construction of 3 MDG/NDE Skill Acquisition Centrein each of the three Senatorial Districts of Nasarawa State

NIGER STATE:
* Dualisation of Suleja – Minna Road
* Construction of Almajiri Schools
* Dry Season Farming Project
* Baro Ports on Niger State which was conceived in 1954 came to live under President Jonathan
* Construction of Yar’Adua Hospital for highway emergency response at Sabon Wuse Railway Line system
* Rehabilitation of Federal Roads
* e –wallet System in the distribution of Agricultural Inputs to the farmers
* Construction of Bida – Sacci – Nupeko Road
* Construction of River Ebba at Cheche, Katcha L.G. A. Area in Niger State.
* Ongoing Grid Rehabilitation and Reinforcement in Kontagora Substation
* Rehabilitation and re-commissioning of NNPC Depot in Suleja and Minna
* Equipped Mathematics and Chemistry Laboratories at the Federal Government Academy, Suleja
* Establishment of Maritime Institute at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai

BENUE STATE:
* Rehabilitation of Rail way lines
* Rehabilitation of Lafia – Makurdi Road, Aliade to Uturkpo Road
* SURE – P Projects in the state
* Construction of new library at the Federal Government College Otobi, Benue state
* Supply of new improved seedlings to boast groundnut and sorghum production
* Palliative reliefs for the Flood victims
* Construction of Perishable Cargo Terminal in Makurdi
* Ongoing construction of Oweto Bridge to link Benue and Nasarawa State (70% Completed)
* Ongoing reconstruction of Makurdi – Gboko, Wannune – Yandev Section Road
* Completion of the Greater Makurdi Water Supply Scheme
* Construction of Oju – Obussa – Ainu Road

PLATEAU STATE:
* Rehabilitation of Federal Roads: Manchok Vom road
* Construction of the Faculty of Social Science, Faculty of Post Graduate Studies, International * Conference Centre and hostels in University of Jos Funded by CBN through TET Fund.
* 120Mw Power sub- station in Makeri- Jos Completed.
* Panshin Sub power Station
* SURE – P (Subsidy Re –investment Programme) Projects in the state
* Rehabilitation of Railway line from Kuru Station in Plateau state to Bauchi station
* Construction of Barkin Ladi Dam in Plateau state
* Rehabilitation of buildings at Police Staff College Jos
* e- Wallet for Farmers and Dry Season Farming Projects.
* Construction of Jarmai – Bashar road and rehabilitation of Bashir – Dengi road
* Ongoing Kaduna – Jos 330kv double – circuit line, 2 x 330kv line bays extension at Jos substation
* Construction of Perishable Cargo Terminal in Jos.
* Rehabilitation and re – commission of the NNPC depot in Jos
* Completion of the Mangu Water supply

KWARA STATE:
* Ilorin – Ibadan Road Fixed
* Almajiri schools
* e-wallet system in distribution of Agricultural inputs to farmers.
* SURE – P Projects (Primary Health Care)
* Rehabilitation of the Lagos – Jebba – Kano Rail Line, and Ilorin – Offa rail line.
* Rehabilitation of Ilorin International Airport
* CBN Project at Offa Grammar school
* The Federal Government under ETF granted Uni-Ilorin ₦4.2 Billion in 2012 for the Unilorin Geological Research and Resort Centre at Aran – Orin, new faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education, Multi – Purpose hall, a central Research Laboratory and the automation of the
University Library.
* Dry Season farming in Kwara State at Tada – Shonga irrigation farm project
* Irrigation Dam Project in Eyekonrin – Araromi
* Ongoing 2 x 132kv line bays extension at Omu Aron
* Construction of Perishable Cargo Terminal in Ilorin
* Shonga Power sub – station
* Supply of Instructional Materials to Federal Government College Ilorin


SOUTH EAST GEO – POLITICAL ZONE
ENUGU STATE:
* Rehabilitation of the Enugu Airport (New airport Terminal)
* Ongoing Nsukka – Ayangba 132kv Double – Circuit
* Sure – P Projects on Primary Health Care (PHC)
* Enugu – PH – Maiduguri Rail Fixed.
* University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu upgraded with new facilities to commence open – heart surgeries
* Rehabilitation of Enugu – Port Harcourt Road
* Ogrute – Umuida Road and Unadu to Odoru in Kogi State
* Rehabilitation of Umuna – Ndiagu and Ebenebe Ezeagu Road, Agubuogu through Ebenebe to Iwolo road.
* ₦ 2.57 Billion Dam Project in Adada River Dam to provide Portable Water, Electricity and Irrigation for agriculture activities
* Ada Rice Irrigation Project at Uzo – Uwani
* Erosion control project
* Export Crop preservation and Conditioning Centre in Enugu State (One of the 10 constructed nationwide )
* e – wallet System in the distribution of agricultural inputs to the farmers and Dry Season Farming Project
* Construction of Irrigation Facilities in Amagunze Rice Product farm Enugu
* Establishment of Enugu State office of the National Productivity Centre.
* In 2012, FG Commissioned a Cultural Industry Centre in Inyi Enugu State.
* Reinstatement of washout at Km 6 + 750, Km 30 + 400 and Km 35 + 325 along Onitsha- Enugu Dual – Carriage way in Anambra and Enugu State.
* Establishment of Maritime Institute at University of Nigeria Nsukka

EBONYI STATE:
*Establishment of a Federal University in Ndufe – Alike in Ebonyi State
*Rehabilitation of 43 KM Obiozara – Uburu – Ishiagu Road 37Km Oji – Achi Obeagu – Maku – Awgu – Ndeabor – Mpu – Okpanku – Akaeze Road rehabilitation.
*Construction of a Storey Hostel, Class room building and Procurement at the Federal Government Girls College Ezembo, Ebonyi State
*Sure – P Projects on Primary Health Centres and others
*Rehabilitation of Abakaliki – Mbok Road
*Establishment of a New Teaching Hospital
*e – wallet system for the Distribution of Agricultural Inputs to the farmers and Dry Season Farming Project
*Ongoing 2x 60MVA, 132/33KV Substation at Amasiri and 2 x 13KV Substation at Abakaliki and Abakaliki – Amasiri 132KV Double – Circuit Line
*Rehabilitation of Agricultural – Skills Training Centre.
*Establishment of National Obstetric Fistula Centre Abakiliki

ANAMBRA STATE:
*Building of Aircraft Maintenance School at Akili – Ozuzo, Ogbaru Local Government Area.
*Construction of Federal Government Secretariat in Awka
*Exploring Public Private Partnership to Reconstruct Second Niger Bridge (Anambra – Delta States)
*FGN Funded Ecological Projects in Anambra State : Nanka/Oko Landslide Project, the Nkisi Water Works
*Erosion Control/Dredging Projects in Onitsha, the Okpolo/Ire Ojoto Erosion Control Project, Alor Town
*Flood Control and Road Improvement Projects in Idemili Local Government Area
*Rehabilitation of Onitsha – Owerri Road to Okija – Ihembosi – Afor – Ukpor – Ebenator – Ezenifite
*Onitsha River Port – Fixed and ready
*National Transmission Grid installed between Benin and Onitsha to prevent usual Nationwide Grid collapse
*Sure – P Projects on Primary Health Care & Transformation
*e – Wallet System in the distribution of agricultural inputs to the farmers and Dry Season Farming
*Ongoing Nnewi 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV Substation 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV Substation at Oba and 2 x 132KV
*Line Bays Extension at Nnewi, 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV
*Substation at Mpu with 2 x 60KV Line Bays Extension at Nnenwe
*Onitsha – Oba – Nnewi – Ideato – Okigwe 132KV
*Double – Circuit Line, Ugwuaji Nnenwe 132KV Double – Circuit Line 2 x 60MVA,132/33KV Substation at Nnenwe
*Nnenwe – Mpu 132KV Double – Circuit Transmission Line, Onitsha – Ifitedunu and 2 x 132KV Double – Circuit Transmission Line, 2 x 60MVA, 132/33KV Substation at Ifitedunu and 2 x 132KV Line Bays Extension at Onitsha.
*Modernisation of Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi

Exploring Public Private Partnership to Reconstruct Second Niger Bridge (Anambra – Delta States)

plaindealer:




Your opinion even though flawed and myopic. Nigeria is doing way way better and we've achieved more and scored better performance in the last 4 years with less.

Where is the sense and sane rational in saying that the administration that earned and spent more money without any meaningful achievement performed better than the one that's achieving more with less?

Where is the sense and sane rational in saying that the administration earned over $100 per barrel and declared austerity measures with $77 per barrel oil earnings with nothing to show is better than the one that survived with $27 per barrel and even achieved more?

I was actually expecting you to show us the so called performance and realities on the ground in 2014 like power, health, roads, bridges and things that really mattered to Nigerians.

emmykk:


BVN and TSA alone is fighting more corruption than anti-corruption of president buhari returned money

plaindealer:




Your opinion even though flawed and myopic. Nigeria is doing way way better and we've achieved more and scored better performance in the last 4 years with less.

Where is the sense and sane rational in saying that the administration that earned and spent more money without any meaningful achievement performed better than the one that's achieving more with less?

Where is the sense and sane rational in saying that the administration earned over $100 per barrel and declared austerity measures with $77 per barrel oil earnings with nothing to show is better than the one that survived with $27 per barrel and even achieved more?

I was actually expecting you to show us the so called performance and realities on the ground in 2014 like power, health, roads, bridges and things that really mattered to Nigerians.

spectroscopic:
800 million people in Nigeria in 2099 (century’s end)

For a country as extremely poorly managed as Nigeria, that will be the melting pot of poverty and disease

Thank God I will be long dead and gone by then.

Anybody who loves Nigeria should be asking for one thing, now: a STRONG LAW to curb childbirth to no more than 2 per family.

Otherwise, and in fact, it should be divided so that each group can manage their population growth and chart their own economic course at their own pace, peacefully for some. Nigeria is too intractable and unwieldy to manage. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know nothing will change anytime soon. It does not matter whether APC or PDP.

grandstar:
I was almost torn to shreds for suggesting Nigeria reduce import duties on textile fabrics to zero in order develop the garment sector. That it will create lots of jobs.

This article has just justified my position. And you have armchair economists here on NL huffing and puffing online as though they have a 2 Nobel prizes in economics.

It's a shame that most governments here are innately protectionist and doubt Nigerian joining the African trade initiative will see the light.

Funny thing is that I'm not really keen on the trade zone. I feel import duties on goods originating from outside the zone will be high. Import duties on goods from outside the zone should not be more than 8%..

PrinceCEE:



Seriously, you need a brain change or rather, start using the one you have.

Your premises of argument are flawed!

grandstar:
The Intercontinental hotel in Victoria hotel is for sale at 35bn.

What will determine if you buy it? How beautiful and grandiose the hotel or the company accounts?

What will influence your decision, that it has 180 well furnished rooms or that room occupancy rates have fallen to 30%?

What will influence your decision, that it has parking space for 1,000 cars or that it can't service it's debt of N20bn?

I trust that it's the accounts you'll pay more attention to If you were illiterate, what will influence your decision, probably what you can see

Economist focus more on "accounts" than what they see on the outside. Nice fancy projects maybe built on mountains of unpayable debt are secondary to them. What they see while seating down the armchair economist can't see standing on the highest mountain

For instance, the statistics show that under Buhari ,Debt levels have increased greatly. It has shot through the roof. As the figures shows, it was 12% in 2014 but 25% of GDP by 2018.

Debt service to revenues has lept from 27% of GDP in 2014 to 60% of GDP in 2018. That means that 60% of the budget is used to service debt! If a person spends 60% of his income on servicing debt, will you not be worried for the person? How much more for the country and it's rising

Jonathan allowed endemic corruption under his watch. There was a lot of fiscal recklessness under him

However his economic policies were much sounder than those of Bubari If Buhari had simply maintained those policies and even improved on them and fought corruption, better.

He instead introduced economic policies such as pegging of the Naira to the dollar which was a recipe for financial ruin. I wrote off this Government when it did that.

Buhari is a principled man no doubt but he scores an F9 in economics. Worse, he is still determined to impose economic hubris on the economy.

cooltola:
fix the electricity and watch how the economy will pick up. This is beyond PDP or APC, How can a country be in the 21st century continue to operate with poor electricity output and expect to do well economically?

spectroscopic:


Unless something drastic happens (such as a big disease outbreak, stronger and more nationally spread Boko Haram and Fulani killings, etc), Nigeria will likely remain the same in 2099. The citizens are too stupid to assert themselves, coupled with pervasive tribalism and religiosity.

plaindealer:


...but in 2014, GEJ introduced austerity measures even though we earned more oil money in the history of Nigeria under GEJ and it still did not prevent him from declaring austerity measures in 2014 when oil was $77 per barrel.

So, what was the result under GEJ? We were still in darkness, no completed project, no road, no bridges, no quality healthcare, no railway, no stable electricity, nothing. Nothing but abandoned projects all over Nigeria, now we are completing projects that they abandoned for 30-40 years.

Today, Nigeria is starting and completing rail projects in less than 3 years, what they couldn't complete in 30 years.

Useless report without context and realities.

spectroscopic:
OIL, the reason for some wanting Nigerians to stick together for life, is finite. I propose that if necessary, as an incentive, a formula to share oil revenue among the separated countries for 10 years can be arrived at, with international support and agreement. This will allow every group to financially develop themselves internally during the interlude. After 10 years, oil revenue reverts to the owners of each oil well.

Thankfully, we now know that oil is not the biggest deal in NIGERIA. Funds From Nigerians living overseas surpassed Oil & Gas earnings in 2018 at $25b against $18b from Oil.

Who are the Nigerians living overseas and sending these billions back to Nigeria? Igbo, Yoruba, Edo and the rest, in that order. You see, with this fact, Igbos will do well in their own country.

Igbos (South East) should exclude non-Igbo and unwilling Igbo South South people from their desired Biafran State, and make a strong case at the UN level for their own country.

It is a win-win for each region to live separately as independent countries. Assuming it is a ''Nigerian factor'' holding the country down. Separately, the North will do well with their massive land and agricultural potential. With Lagos, the West is easily the most developed part of Nigeria and will potentially keep that going. The Igbos are the most resilient Nigerians and have great human resource and acumen to survive and potentially develop themselves. The SS has oil as well as human resources to potentially develop.

cooltola:
fix the electricity and watch how the economy will pick up. This is beyond PDP or APC, How can a country be in the 21st century continue to operate with poor electricity output and expect to do well economically?

grandstar:


The Intercontinental hotel in Victoria hotel is for sale at 35bn.

What will determine if you buy it? How beautiful and grandiose the hotel or the company accounts?

What will influence your decision, that it has 180 well furnished rooms or that room occupancy rates have fallen to 30%?

What will influence your decision, that it has parking space for 1,000 cars or that it can't service it's debt of N20bn?

I trust that it's the accounts you'll pay more attention to If you were illiterate, what will influence your decision, probably what you can see

Economist focus more on "accounts" than what they see on the outside. Nice fancy projects maybe built on mountains of unpayable debt are secondary to them. What they see while seating down the armchair economist can't see standing on the highest mountain

For instance, the statistics show that under Buhari ,Debt levels have increased greatly. It has shot through the roof. As the figures shows, it was 12% in 2014 but 25% of GDP by 2018.

Debt service to revenues has lept from 27% of GDP in 2014 to 60% of GDP in 2018. That means that 60% of the budget is used to service debt! If a person spends 60% of his income on servicing debt, will you not be worried for the person? How much more for the country and it's rising

Jonathan allowed endemic corruption under his watch. There was a lot of fiscal recklessness under him

However his economic policies were much sounder than those of Bubari If Buhari had simply maintained those policies and even improved on them and fought corruption, better.

He instead introduced economic policies such as pegging of the Naira to the dollar which was a recipe for financial ruin. I wrote off this Government when it did that.

Buhari is a principled man no doubt but he scores an F9 in economics. Worse, he is still determined to impose economic hubris on the economy.

nijabazaar:


plz stop, stop, stop this nonsense.

nigeria x not better now.
Its Super worse.

stop all these lies.

If Nigeria is half as goodd as you put it we wont have this Bloomberg piece nor 23% unemployment.

Stop been delusional....please

cooltola:
Agberos make a small percent of population. Every society in the world have their agberos .
Nigerians are naturally book smart, our schools are good. Many Nigerians thrive to get an education even school need light to operate. Constant Electricity will brings many industries to Nigeria which will create jobs and reduce unemployment.

MathsChic:
Some days ago, I was at a secondary school in Surulere (across the bridge from the Island) in Lagos for a friend's event where he is educating secondary students about the perils of peer pressure. I honestly wasn't expecting what I saw as the state of this secondary school.
It left me wondering if this was a school or a dump yard. Why in heaven's name are Nigerian leaders looking the other way while the young ones study in this sorry environment?

The attached pictures are what I saw. This is no secondary school. It's a hopeless shanty. I hope this gets to front page and attracts the necessary attention.



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At a time when knowledge acquisition in other climes is getting increasingly sophisticated, the same cannot be said to be the case in most parts of the country.

While the much-touted leaders of tomorrow in some states[b] attend classes in ad-hoc environments including under trees, unsafe environment and sundry locations,[/b] Lagos State, many say should never be found in the company of such needy states.

But that is not the case. As a matter of fact, students in some schools in the state are taught while sitting on bare floors, while classrooms in some schools across the state are without roof, sundry fittings and devoid of requisite learning aides

Oshodi Nursery and Primary School, Oshodi, which has been in deplorable condition for a very long time is a classic example of this sad story.Located only a few kilometres away from Bolade Bus Stop, along Oshodi/Agege Motor Road, the school, which has up to four buildings within the premises, sees pupils scampering for safety anytime it rains, even as the learning process also has to be halted at such times.
This explains why parents and concerned residents of the area are urging the state government to come to their aid, by rehabilitating the school, and providing an enabling environment for the pupils to learn, in consonant with their rights to attend school in conducive environments.

The pathetic condition of the school first attracted the attention of The Guardian Newspaper, which carried a report to that effect in The Guardian on Sunday edition of February 7th, 2016. Ever since that publication, nothing has been done to improve the fortunes of the school.

This gross neglect suffered by the school, has provided a leeway for miscreants in the area to sneak in for regular Indian Hemp smoking sessions. They sometimes defecate in the open classrooms, thereby compounding an already bad situation.

When The Guardian visited the school last week, over 20 classrooms are without roof, just as empty plastic bottles and empty sachets of water jostled for space.

Some of the residents who spoke to The Guardian said they have on several occasions written letters informing the state government about deplorable state of the school, and the need to rehabilitate it, but without any positive response.

They said because of the ugly condition of the school, most of them had to relocate their children to other schools, adding that only indigent students still attend the school.

One of the residents Mr. Edwin Mathew, said parents of the pupils have raised the issue of renovation on several occasions with the school management during Parents Teacher Association (PTA) meeting, but nobody is saying anything about it.

Mathew said: “This school has been in this form for a very long time and nobody is saying anything about it. We have written letters to government but there have been no responses. We feel government has forgotten this school, and some parents have taken their children to private schools. Only a few parents still bring their children to this school because the school has been abandoned.

“I want to use this opportunity to beg the state government to come to our aid because our children are our investment so, we would not like to play with their future.”

A parent, Mrs. Kafayat Dada, said she personally wrote several letters, but when nobody responded, she visited the Ministry of Education in Alausa to inform them of condition of the school, but nothing has been done till date.

Dada said: “I have been to places to find out why the school has been abandoned, along with other parents because we suspected that government must have awarded contract for the rehabilitation of the school buildings. We found out that the contract has not been awarded, but I want to use this opportunity to ask Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to come and rehabilitate the school for our children. We are not happy with the terrible condition of the school because it is an eyesore. Our children have right to school in a conducive environment like other children in the state.”

Secretary, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board Oshodi/Isolo Local Council, Lekan Alausa Adekoya, explained that it was rainstorm that removed the roofs of the buildings in September 2014, and ever since the school management has written several letters to the state government, through the State Primary Education Board (SPEB), to rehabilitate the school, but nothing has been done.

He called on the state government to take the school building as a priority project, and rehabilitate it. He said: “As you can see, it is an eyesore and we do not like the situation. I feel one day it would be the turn of the school to be renovated because I believe government has not forgotten the school.

“One non-governmental organisation promised that it would rehabilitate the school for us in 2016, but because of the economic recession, the group apologised it would no longer happen. It is a project that would take millions of naira, so, there is nothing we can do on our own other than to write letters to government, which we did on several occasions. I know very soon by God’s grace something would be done because it is a public school and the children have right to stay and learn in a conducive environment.
“We try our best to see that the situation of the school does not affect the learning process. We thank God that we are in dry season because whenever it rains, the learning process is affected because of the open roof.

“Government should intervene in this matter. I know that government has other projects to handle, but it should make this school a priority project.”

Responding to the use of the school by miscreants and hoodlums for binging, he said, “We have arrested some of them before with the help of the police. We discovered that it was some children of some landlords in the area, including some tenants and traders in Oshodi market that litter the school environment.”


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plaindealer:




Your opinion even though flawed and myopic. Nigeria is doing way way better and we've achieved more and scored better performance in the last 4 years with less.

Where is the sense and sane rational in saying that the administration that earned and spent more money without any meaningful achievement performed better than the one that's achieving more with less?

Where is the sense and sane rational in saying that the administration earned over $100 per barrel and declared austerity measures with $77 per barrel oil earnings with nothing to show is better than the one that survived with $27 per barrel and even achieved more?

I was actually expecting you to show us the so called performance and realities on the ground in 2014 like power, health, roads, bridges and things that really mattered to Nigerians.

jimi4us:
Only a mad person will counter this.