₦airaland Forum

Annie001:
I’m not among sha

IdioticNLmods:
The govt does absolutely nothing for the majority of the masses. Why do we still allow them to call themselves our leaders?
In a sane country where things work, we still have the masses protesting, requesting for more to be done. But here where nothing works, the masses prefer to suffer and donate money for road repair than to boot out the thieves in leadership positions.

raphroye:
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Conceptalumi:
Naija dey bring up different taxes yet infrastructure still dey get Malaria, you contribute money buy transformer yet government go still dey bill you high, you dey repair roads as a community yet agbero still dey collect money for road and government dey collect their percentage, u put money for bank Dem go dey debit you as if your forefathers owe government money before dem die, serious waa for naija, which way na

WowSweetGuy:
250k for bitumen or what, 250k can't even rent a roller machine

that cash can't do nothing much trust me!

airbrush:
na next level we still have 3 or life time of Buhari to go

kstyle2:
Come 2023, we will be making the same mistake of electing failures into power.

To know that this country is doomed, go to Kogi state and see how people still troop out to support an individual who hasn't paid salaries for over 16 months.

kings09:
No belief in govt.

No belief in country.

No belief even among the ppl n tribes.

Question is why n how is d country still existing.

Basic amenities is rocket science for decades.

Even d proclaimers of CHANGE n NEXT LEVEL have nothing to offer.

lesbiconverter:
i hope he government pays them back

WowSweetGuy:
250k for bitumen or what, 250k can't even rent a roller machine

that cash can't do nothing much trust me!

Lament exclusion from Buhari’s budgetary plan

· Seek immediate intervention to save their businesses


Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti

Frustrated by abysmally low patronage from travellers, a sizable number of roadside traders in Ekiti State have contributed N250, 000 to rehabilitate fix federal roads in the state, especially between Efon Alaaye and Ado Ekiti.

The traders, who are predominantly women hawking such farm produce as yams, banana, plantain and corns on federal roads, lamented that they had been excluded from the fiscal plan under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Some of the traders expressed their concern in separate interview with THISDAY on Friday, narrating how abysmally low patronage from commuters in the state compelled to contribute N250, 000 to fix federal roads in the state.

Operating along the highway at Efon Alaaye farmstead in Efon Local Government Area, the traders said they had to task themselves to carry out palliative works on the roads when it started affecting their businesses adversely.

Speaking with THISDAY, a 52 -year old locust beans seller, Mrs Oladunni Olagoke said patronage had dropped because over 80 percent of motorists had diverted to Ita Ure-Efon-Iwaraja road to avoid the bad portion of the Ekiti-Osun border where they were trading.

Olagoke said this had caused “serious slump in the level of gains they were making on daily basis. Before the road went so bad to the extent that the motorists and some of our best customers decided to take alternative route, I was making between N20, 000 and N25, 000 daily.

“But now, I hardly goods valued N5, 000 per day. Many times, we went home empty handed. This situation prompted us to contribute N5, 000 each, though depending on the strength of your business.

“There were those who contributed N1, 000. Some contributed N2, 000 to buy gravels and hired labourers to do the palliative works for us. The idea is to attract commuters to the portion of the Ekiti-Osun road that commuters had abandoned. Now, our customers are gradually returning.”

Giving insight on the materials they purchased for the project, she said: “We bought five loads of gravel at N35, 000 each. We bought two loads of sand at N30, 000 and the remaining money went for the labourers and food.

“But we could only carry out palliative works which will not last. We therefore appeal to the federal government to rehabilitate Aramoko-Erio-Ijebu-Ijesha road where we stay so that our means of livelihood can be sustained.”

A 21-year old secondary school leaver, Miss Ajibike Ayomide narrated the ordeal of the hawkers on the federal roads in the state, noting that the portion of road had damaged many vehicles and caused accidents of monumental proportion before their intervention.

Ayomide, who hawks bitter Kola along the corridor, said: “This is where we make money to live our lives. We have to keep our bodies and souls together. I am a school certificate holder. I finished secondary school two years ago.

“But I had to start hawking to raise money to continue my education. I was happy to contribute a sum of N1, 000 to the palliative work because it will boost and improve patronage from commuters passing through the corridor.”

Also speaking, a water vendor and a mother of six-month-old baby, Mrs Kehinde Osuolale said many motorists had accidents on that road as a result of potholes and craters.

“It was even God that saved us one day when one truck had brake failure while meandering through the potholes. It was God that did it, we all ran into the bush to prevent being killed.

“You can see that I am hawking with a baby at my back, if I get a better job, I will surely quit this job. But we appeal to government to have mercy and repair this road to actually promote our businesses,” Osuolale explained.

Lonelypacifist6:
This is market women contract, not Fed government inflated contract.

WowSweetGuy:
250k for bitumen or what, 250k can't even rent a roller machine

that cash can't do nothing much trust me!

nlPoster:
You're trying too hard to hype your "Yorubaness".

That's really fishy, it's as if you need to convince yourself of something.

kings09:
No belief in govt.

No belief in country.

No belief even among the ppl n tribes.

Question is why n how is d country still existing.

Basic amenities is rocket science for decades.

Even d proclaimers of CHANGE n NEXT LEVEL have nothing to offer.

The country is still existing for the enrichment of the ruling class and few elites. The fo olish masses dont even know. The fo olish masses are only interested in presideny coming to their region To an average Nigerian, as long as a particular region does not get presidency, they are fine with the country.

Nigerians actually feel they are smart, but we are among the most foolish set of people ever created!

The current system of govt only favours the ruling class across all regions. Until the masses revolt, the govt, past, present and the future will never fix anything.

After decades of existence, no light, no water, no good roads, no modern city, no good health care, etc. The most basic things of life are lacking in Nigeria. Nigerians are now used to suffering and working too hard to survive. No wonder people die anyhow here.

WowSweetGuy:
250k for bitumen or what, 250k can't even rent a roller machine

that cash can't do nothing much trust me!

mujiboy:
We are too docile Patritotic
But the thieves in Power just don’t give a F#ck

WowSweetGuy:
250k for bitumen or what, 250k can't even rent a roller machine

that cash can't do nothing much trust me!