₦airaland Forum

Before you start arguing, note the difference between settlement and compensation. Compensation is normal anywhere in most part of the world where indigenous people in an area where development is about to be located get compensated usually by providing them with new houses if their houses will be affected and providing them with new sources of livelihood and sometimes totally relocating a community. This is usually between the government and the local host and nothing to do with the contractor.

The issue of settlement is believed to have stated in the South South, some believe that Warri was where that tradition started where you had to settle the local touts who felt entitled some form of settlement which they named "deve". Usually these people get violent and disrupt your project if you are not willing to play ball.

There are omoniles in Lagos who demand settlements and disrupt projects undertaken for projects but for big projects that affect Lagosians, I do not think a man like Tinubu would allow anyone disrupt some a project. Call him whatever name you like, but legend has it that when Dangote was to build his refinery, some of the places he wanted to use demanded outrageous amounts for compensation, kickbacks and settlements. It is believed that as soon as Tinubu got wind of it, he requested Fashola to make the Lekki Free Trade zone available to Dangote to site his refinery. I can tell you that even now that the refinery is yet to kick off, there are massive job created in that area because of the construction phase.

There is no zone in this country that does not have some sort of leader and in some states, they have more than one, but the truth is many of them are extremely selfish, self centered and myopic, often not visionary or intelligent enough to see the long term effect of their actions.

As long as you give him his own share there wouldn't be any problem.

As a former drug lord, Tinubu understands tuff war. You pay a percentage if you wanna deal on his tuff.

No, he'd be the one to collect the settlement.

Una don start ooh

The government is running a blackmail campaign against people over this 2nd Niger bridge issue.
It has never been about settlement but the minister is making it look so and saying it is stopping the bridge project.

Lies!

How come they are showing us pictures of workers on site and ongoing work progress if it is being stopped. Is that not because no one is stopping or interfering with the actual bridge project.

The issue there is on compensation for people who are affected by the connecting expressways to the bridge.
I am saying this not because I am guessing but because it personally affected me being in one of the communities the road is going to pass through.
How do you plan on removing people from their ancestral homes, remove fillings stations, factories, farms, shrines and you never planned compensation? And they are quoting N500m as what people are demanding.
Why is the South east always on the receiving end of blackmail like this.
Is it that they never truly wanted to do the bridge and is now looking for excuses to abandon it.

vankaid:
The government is running a blackmail campaign against people over this 2nd Niger bridge issue.
It has never been about settlement but the minister is making it look so and saying it is stopping the bridge project.
Lies!
How come they are showing us pictures of workers on site and ongoing work progress.
The issue there is on compensation for people who are affected by the connecting expressways to the bridge.
I am saying this not because I am guessing but because it personally affected me being in one of the communities the road is going to pass through.
How do you plan on removing people from their ancestral homes, remove fillings stations, farms, shrines and you never planned compensation?
Why is the South east always on the receiving end of blackmail like this.
Is it that they never truly wanted to do the bridge and is now looking for excuses to abandon it.

this has been the way Nigeria is dealing with the IGBOS when you hear people talking about marginalization this it,this country needs to go back to regional government or dissolution.

PapaBaby:
As long as you give him his own share there wouldn't be any problem.

As a former drug lord, Tinubu understands tuff war. You pay a percentage if you wanna deal on his tuff.

Perhaps you were his courier.

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Commentor:
Perhaps you were his courier.

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vankaid:
The government is running a blackmail campaign against people over this 2nd Niger bridge issue.
It has never been about settlement but the minister is making it look so and saying it is stopping the bridge project.

Lies!

How come they are showing us pictures of workers on site and ongoing work progress if it is being stopped. Is that not because no one is stopping or interfering with the actual bridge project.

The issue there is on compensation for people who are affected by the connecting expressways to the bridge.
I am saying this not because I am guessing but because it personally affected me being in one of the communities the road is going to pass through.
How do you plan on removing people from their ancestral homes, remove fillings stations, factories, farms, shrines and you never planned compensation? And they are quoting N500m as what people are demanding.
Why is the South east always on the receiving end of blackmail like this.
Is it that they never truly wanted to do the bridge and is now looking for excuses to abandon it.

God bless you
the blackmail is excuse for their future failure in completing the project
omenka come and see your cofment

Can you give your ancestoral land to government for free?do you understand that some of those lands could be the only property they have and hope to will to their children.
Will government give them the share or proceeds from the tolled bridge?.... tinubu is feeding fat already from the lekki toll gate.

mrsLeo:
God bless you
the blackmail is excuse for their future failure in completing the project
omenka come and see your cofment

I can only laugh at your kind.

Are you helping your people, a politician or yourself?

Who loses?

Smithkafors:
Can you give your ancestoral land to government for free?do you understand that some of those lands could be the only property they have and hope to will to their children.
Will government give them the share or proceeds from the tolled bridge?.... tinubu is feeding fat already from the lekki toll gate.

Clap for yourself.

Commentor:
I can only laugh at your kind.

Are you helping your people, a politician or yourself?

Who loses?

Igbo man never leave each other behind ...we are one their pain is our pain

Maybe u inherited accres me my own land is max a plot ...so if u want to take it u either make me a share holder to what u want to build or u pay

mrvitalis:
Igbo man never leave each other behind ...we are one their pain is our pain

Maybe u inherited accres me my own land is max a plot ...so if u want to take it u either make me a share holder to what u want to build or u pay

Carry on.

Development is coming.

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Commentor:
I can only laugh at your kind.

Are you helping your people, a politician or yourself?

Who loses?

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trash

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Commentor:
Carry on.

Development is coming.

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Commentor:
Clap for yourself.

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shatap