₦airaland Forum

The undertone of Igbo jealousy of the success of Lagos as the commercial capital and the land of Yoruba people is evident in some peoples' comments.

I cope with envy by achieving more, thereby giving them more to envy. I cannot sell myself short in order to please the haters, aka those who envy.

luvkia:
Pls look it up in your dictionary

maybe you should have looked it up before you posted an ambiguous thread? And how will you know if people are envying you? The reason is that there is a Biblical definition of envy, which differs from a common definition of envy.

poster, distinguish between envy and jealousy

Cheney, Halliburton may settle Nigerian charges
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 14, 2010 2:15 p.m. EST

Ex-Vice President D. Cheney, here at the Bush Presidential Center's groundbreaking last month, ran Halliburton in the '90s.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Energy firm, former vice president charged with bribery
They may agree to plea deal requiring payment of $250 million, Nigerian official says
Case involves allegations of bribes to Nigerian officials for natural gas project
Halliburton pleaded guilty to bribery charges in U.S. last year
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D. Cheney
Halliburton Company
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(CNN) -- Charges of bribery against former U.S. Vice President D. Cheney and Halliburton by Nigeria's anti-corruption police may be dropped after an agreement to pay a $250 million fine.
"Discussions focus on the possibility of a plea bargain arrangement," said Femi Babafemi, a spokesman for Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
"Allowing the company and former officials to pay heavy fines in lieu of prosecution ,  they would pay $120 million as fines and $130 million from bad money stored in Switzerland from the original deal -- so $250 million in total."
This month, the commission charged Cheney -- who ran Halliburton in the 1990s -- and nine others with "conspiracy and distribution of gratification to public officials."
The investigation is part of a long-running case involving Halliburton and a subsidiary firm, Kellogg, Brown and Root, over alleged bribes paid to Nigerian officials to secure $6 billion worth of contracts for a liquefied natural gas project in the Niger Delta.
The bribes are said to have amounted to $180 million between 1994 and 2004.
The firm pleaded guilty to foreign bribery charges in the United States last year and paid a $402 million criminal fine, the U.S. Justice Department said. KBR and Halliburton also paid $177 million to settle civil complaints related to the bribery, the Justice Department said.
Investigations in Nigeria, however, have been ongoing, and there are allegations that the bribes went all the way to the top, to aides, officials and possibly then-President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Many observers in Nigeria regard the move as a publicity stunt by the commission ahead of national elections in April and as a symbolic effort to display resolve against government corruption.
The agency has had limited success in getting successful prosecutions and hasn't charged any high-profile people since its top commissioner was removed from the body in 2007.
Cheney's atttorney has said that there is no reason to suspect that his client is guilty.
"This matter involves the activities of an international four-company joint venture (which included KBR, then a subsidiary of Halliburton) well over a decade ago," Terrence O'Connell said.
"The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated that joint venture extensively and found no suggestion of any impropriety by D. Cheney in his role of CEO of Halliburton."
The latest discussions on reaching a settlement ended this weekend in London, Babafemi said.
The arrangement is now waiting for Nigeria's Minister of of Justice to officially agree to the deal, a decision that is expected by the end of the week.



http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/12/14/nigeria.cheney.halliburton/index.html?iref=allsearch

kulutempa:
Reference you sound like a believer in free market forces and the power of unfettered supply and demand.  A friend and I were once having a discussion about the Nigerian economic climate and he said something which I still remember to this day.  What he said was that at the fundamental basic level, Nigeria is dysfunctional because it is like taking Americans with their  free enterprise culture and capitalism to live in  Communist Russia.  It didn't click in my mind at the time but looking back now the guy was absolutely right.  The key to Nigeria's future in my opinion is for the government to get out of the way and allow the Nigerian enterprise culture  to find full expression in our country.  The reason why parastatals and government owned  businesses in Nigeria are poorly run and inefficient is because the people running them are far more interested in what they can take out of them than what they can put in.

I concur

shame shame. For our leaders to allow our international airports to decay shows the shamelessness that exists in those leaders. I am always embarrassed at the sight of Murtala Muhammed Int'l Airport anytime I take my American friends to Lagos to visit.

Jarus:
Bad boi.
Pls don't start 

@DK,
Emi ke? Ori ti fe ma dota o. Just hoping to go back to school.
Have you started your PHD?

Are you asking me or someone else whether I have started my PhD?  Oops! You were talking to DK. My bad!

Philip Emeagwali


He invented the internet, the computer, the cell phone, the laptop, the universe, the sun, the moon, and the earth. He invented the osmosis reverse underling system, which is a mechanism the heart uses to pump blood to the brain (even though the heart has been pumping blood top the brain before Emeagwali was born), but let's take his word. he still invented it.

Emeagwali receive his PhD (player hater degree) from the school of hard knocks.

GNBohr:
traveling abroad for many has become an obsession, it is war. in war you die or you conquer but to go to war require right strategies and tactics including appropriate arsenals.

the trouble with my people is that they travel abroad blindly and for the sake of traveling without a specific purpose other than the belief that abroad is better. so they end being conquered rather conquering.

i cant imagine somebody abandoning his job or business to travel to uncertainties abroad, or somebody able to raise 2 -3 million naira only yo use it in processing traveling papers without a specific cause of action or activity once abroad than to go and hustle. if he makes it, good luck, if he wastes away, good luck all the same.

but in reality nothing will stop youths from traveling abroad as long as the believe is that there is far better than here, it is like the saying that, it is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven. Nigerians will rather go to Europe and America to do demeaning jobs and hide their shame there than to remain in Nigeria and struggle for a living. At least it is like in our local parlance, "I live in Lagos does not reveal who lives under the bridge".

if you must travel abroad, have a purpose and be well prepared, do not believe what you hear or watch in the news or the report of those who live abroad, experience can never be the same. even the person who invites you over will be the first to eject you if you do not quickly begin to earn income. Please dont be fooled. Many have been fooled and are all over here abroad, regretting taking the flight that brought them over, of course life continues for them albeit in a bitterest manner.

There is nothing wrong in desiring to travel abroad as long as (1) you have the immigration or residency documents that will enable you to achieve the goals for which you traveled, or (2) you intend to pursue an education and have the means to support that pursuit; (3) you will obey all the laws and refrain from 419 or unlawful activities; and (4) you have enough savings from which funds can be drawn to pay for any unforeseen situation.

Good news. All those Naijas giving us a  bad name by engaging in nefarious or fraudulent activities overseas should be deported.

We need another "recovery" commission to help recover recovered funds.

ladej:
5 cant disagree with this. add pete doherty to the list[ex boyfriend of kate moss], who has gone to court more times than ive gone to the loo, but still no jail time. i appreciate the cases and the gravity are different but u cant help wondering if one law exists for blacks and another for whites even in 2010. having said that snipes is guilty and must pay the time.

I disagree to an extent. I think a black person with deep pockets, just like the aforementioned celebs, who hires a good lawyer, will probably get like treatment from those judges, for they are all considered petty state crimes.

Wesley snipes violated several federal laws, such as willful failure to pay taxes, perjury, and so on. No one messes with the Internal Revenue Service, whether white or black. They will show you pepper.

she got that pow pow

This old head delivered a good sermon, but he is not the appropriate old head to effectuate the content of his sermon. His sermon is also missing one important point, that Nigeria needs a young, fresh-face leader, not a an old head.

amalu and ewedu politics at its finest

Some Nairlanders, sha! Some of you all are specialists in derailing threads! It is perilously sad when the thread that is derailed is a thread practically designated for people to pay online their last respects to the guy who departed untimely.

I mean if you want to talk about accepting Jesus, could you please open another thread in the religion section and do so. Come on, people, show some respect to the guy who just departed untimely.

The Blessed,

You must be suffering from inferiority complex or Napoleon (shortman's) syndrome! Why do you feel the need to use dark, bold, colored, and oversize fonts to get your message across. Do you think people will not notice your comments if typed using regular everything?

I weep for you.

RIP.

I hope those bastards in Chi town who committed this crime are brought to face the wrath of the law. Even though I had no chance to get to know you, from my fellow Nairalanders' comments, it is glaring you were a wonderful and great person. You will obviously be missed.

My fellow Nairalanders, does anyone know whether women tourists at the World Cup in Qatar would be required to dress like Lagbaja? Please confirm y'all.

(CNN) -- Spanish authorities arrested seven alleged Islamist extremists Wednesday who dealt in providing stolen travel documents to terrorist groups, the national police said.
Police say the seven are linked to al Qaeda.
Six suspects were from Pakistan and one from Nigeria, police said. Investigators arrested three others in Thailand; they are accused of directing the operation in Spain.
According to police, the cell was dedicated to stealing travel documents, mostly passports, and sending them to Thailand, where they would be falsified and turned over to groups with links to al Qaeda, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant group based in Pakistan.
The documents also ended up in the hands of the Tamil Tigers, a rebel force in Sri Lanka, police said.
Since the March 11, 2004 commuter train bombings in Madrid that killed 190 and wounded 1800, Spanish police, working with other international police forces, have kept a close eye on suspected islamic radicals living in or transiting through the country. There have been numerous previous arrests for alleged support work, like these arrests, involving forged documents.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/01/spain.arrests/index.html?iref=allsearch

igbobuigbo:
Princek12:

I told you you are an illiterate in this matter. See what you wrote below in the quote, noting the bolded parts specifically:

Do they use sea water for agriculture? How will the plants/animals survive the high NaCl content in sea water?
Do you know anything about salinity and crop production?

Do you know that in developed (but also some developing) economies, people actually sterilize their agricultural soil to eliminate harmful soil microbes (bacteria/fungi/oomycetes, etc)? And that after such treatment, you do not expect them to water the same soil with dirty, contaminated water? There is a small immediate disadvantage to soil sterilization but if your soil needs to be sterilized, then you do not care about the immediate disadvantage (just like taking a drug to treat AIDS but with some side effects).

Are you confused or ready to think outside the box that you are in? Okay, Mr water lawyer, you better concentrate on litigating for ''Ecoli'' (E. coli) which is what you know best.

Yes. They use sea water for agriculture; it is called sea water farming. Let me educate you about sea water farming. Click the link below:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/10/business/fi-seafarm10
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2008/07/27/scientist_raises_interest_in_seawater_farming/

igbobuigbo:
You need a lot to learn outside the box. I see you are too straight-jacketed in your thinking. I do not take exams. I teach and rate exams, not in Nigeria, but in the greatest country there is on earth. Does that tell you anything?

It tells me that I feel sorry for your students. You, perhaps, teach kindergarten or 1st grade or mentally challenged children. I also do not take exams, and I litigate cases and go against the best on the greatest country on earth. And for your info, I win the majority of my cases, both in state federal courts. I hope that tells you something, too. I hope you learned something today, that there is a difference between primary and secondary causes; and the existence of primary causes does not abrogate the existence of the secondary causes.

igbobuigbo:
The article you gloat about discusses one single aspect-direct infection from drinking water (something I have harped on already). It has nothing to say about other routes of bacterial/worm infection in water-based systems. Do you even know that you can contact bacterial infections via eating fresh vegetables? Is that also directly from drinking water? The fact that you refer to E. coli as a disease and support your ignorance by such an idiotic statement as ''anytime there is an ecoli outbreak public health experts usually refer to it as an "e coli outbreak," shows you are an illiterate in this matter. You are too simplistic and I hate simplistic arguments. You could not even read my own links to educate yourself. You need a lesson in non-mainstream thinking.

you are a fool. I never said that you cannot contract bacterial infection from other sources. I said the primary source of contamination is directly from water; it only follows that the other sources are secondary, and the minority. You are a big fool who cannot comprehend that simple logic; you only focus on the other sources of contamination while ignoring what percentage of people get sick from the other sources. You are brain dead; people like you will fail a simple exam because they ignore the simple stuff. .

igbobuigbo:
I gave you the USA example because in Nigeria there are hardly any data on what caused most illnesses or deaths, in this case of farmers. Water borne diseases would affect Nigerians in different ways (1) directly and (2) via domestic or even wild animals in contact with the water in rural farming areas. You do not have any data to prove me wrong, only conjectures. Farmers in Ebonyi, Benue and other states in the middle belt who still grow paddy rice are prone to microbial and worm infections from the paddies. Some villagers in the North share drinking water with domestic animals. Ordinarily, such water could be clean enough for human consumption (naija level), but owing to defecation by already infected cattle into the water you could get zoonotic infections passed on to human.

By the way, E. coli (not Ecoli) is not a disease. It is a bacterium of different strains such as EHEC , EPEC and ETEC causing haemorrhagic colitis, food poisoning and diarrhoea. And Guinea worm is not the only infectious worm. Do not let me be teaching you stuff for free

Again I ask, what are dams for? I have asked you this question but you keep skirting around it? Do you still disagree that the main thrust of the Minister and his award was water for agriculture via Lake Chad, Niger River Basin and Dam construction?

I know E coli is not a disease, but anytime there is an ecoli outbreak public health experts usually refer to it as an "e coli outbreak," so I do not what know what your issue is. And I never said Guinea Worm is the only infectious worm. Dams are for storing water, and, the Minister said, "the recognition was a testimony to the government's commitment to providing safe and clean drinking water to Nigerians."
What do you have to say about that statement?. And I disagree with you that the main reason why Nigeria won the award was that the water used for agriculture via Lake Chad; it is just part of the reason. I also have data to prove you wrong, and I am not relying on conjectures. Please read the article in the below link. It specifically stated that the diseases are primarily spread from direct contact.
You don't know what you are talking about

http://www.groundreport.com/Health_and_Science/Nigeria-The-lack-of-drinking-water-and-dangers-of-_3/2920544

Please speak about what you know.

igbobuigbo:
The minister CLEARLY explained that govt investment in water resources are aimed at increasing water for agriculture. This is the main thrust of their investment- Agriculture

Read your own post here . What does that mean in the overall context of the article?

Yes, you need safe drinking water for agricultural purposes because (1) animals drink water and if the water is not safe, they get infected and you, the human gets  cross-over infection from there (2) farm workers who wade in rice paddies need the paddy water to be relatively safe from microbial/helminth (worm) contamination because apart from contacting helminths via skin routes, some farmers ignorantly drink from the irrigated water. That is one reason reasonable people invest in clean dams, not just for the water, but for water okay enough to work in and produce stuff like rice. Discernably, you live in Nigeria where everything is dirty and simplistic. You need to get out and see what takes place in other places.

The govt says they are working toward providing safe drinking water for the population, let us allow them continue to do so. At the same time, they are investing 30% of the budget for Lake Chad and Niger Basin. I asked you if you know what activities go on in those water bodies but you have no answer.

I never mentioned that all water borne diseases come from animals, but many of them do including E. coli[b] which affected many people in the USA in 06[/b] because they ate vegetables which had been defected on by contaminated pigs that fed from the irrigated farms. Nigerians should be thankful to God that they are raised to eat their food thoroughly cooked. Otherwise, they will be down everyday with infections from farm produce most of which will come from dirty irrigation water.

The only good point you have made so far is to say that the award was unnecessary which I have already acknowledged because you do not give award for anticipated results. You do so for actual results. Otherwise, apparently you are ignorant and there is no need debating with you further, but before then, educated yourself more on the need for clean water agriculture. I leave you with some stuff in the links below. You can obtain more and read up

http://westernfarmpress.com/indicators-e-coli-irrigation-water-screened-0

http://ghex.colostate.edu/pdf_files/DisinfectingWater.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?id=VI9N7b16CRoC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=paddy+rice+and+water+borne+diseases&source=bl&ots=cqnt8-LsNJ&sig=aTTTkyfigpQLMpAzDYJqKD2ys1E&hl=en&ei=Swf0TOSQL8SAnwfTjbn8BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=paddy%20rice%20and%20water%20borne%20diseases&f=false

www.fischerecoworks.com/Gurol-FactsandMyths.doc+disease+and+irrigated+water&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qbujWnzmC9EJ:www.fischerecoworks.com/Gurol-FactsandMyths.doc+disease+and+irrigated+water&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

We are talking about Nigeria in '11, and see you talking about USA in '06. Are you dreaming? I am aware that some water borne diseases come from animals, but that is not the issue. The issue is the water borne diseases that infect Nigerians directly. The Ecoli outbreak through animals happened because many Americans don't cook their meat throughly, some even like it bloody. By contrast, Nigerians cook their meat and even fry it, so, in Nigeria, water borne diseases are not generally transmitted through animals.

The main water borne diseases that affect Nigerians are typhoid, cholera, Ecoli directly from water, guinea worm, all of which are spread from direct contact with water.

igbobuigbo:
Did you say you do not need clean water for agriculture? To you, agriculture is all about farming alone? What about animal husbandry? It does not require clean water? What do they use the Lake Chad and Niger River Basins for? For Agriculture or for drinking water or for both? Do you know how water borne diseases are transmitted? Can they come from animals (that drink dirty agricultural water) to humans? Did you read about investments in Dams in the report? What are dams for? Where did he talk about water treatment? He talked generally about safe drinking water which could have been for both us and our animals. I believe the newspaper report is a snippet. You are better off reading the entire details before passing a sentimental, half-informed judgement. You want them to show the commitment to you in your bedroom? Actually the report is a show of the commitment already.

You are either deliberately reading you own meanings into the minister's speech (AKA putting words into his mouth) or you do not know how to read with understanding without distorting FACTS.

You were the one who put words in the Minister's mouth. The minister did not mention agriculture. I said you do not need "safe, drinking water" for agricultural purposes. I never said you don't need clean water. You are the one said "fairly clean water" for agricultural purposes. The minister did not mention "fair clean water." Also, animals do not require the same level of clean water that humans require. Most cattle rearers feed their cows water from a nearby stream or pond.

And to show how you are living in your own delusion, if the government cannot provide safe, drinking water to human beings in Nigeria, what makes you think animals will have "safe, drinking" water. I also dare you to mention any animal farm in Nigeria where animals are given safe, drinking water. You are also believing your own lies when you think the Minister is talking about safe drinking water usable by both animals and human beings.

Most water borne diseases in Nigeria do not come from animals that drink dirty, drinking water; they come from humans drinking unsafe water directly or being exposed to it. For example, typhoid fever, Cholera, guinea worm, river blindness, Ecoli, are the most prevalent water borne diseases in Nigeria. And all of these are caused by drinking the unsafe water directly or being exposed to it; they are not caused by a proxy, as in through an animal. Even if such animals were exposed, you could cook your meat in high temperature and kill any bacteria from the animals.

The more you type, the more you show how dumb you are. If you don't know something, shut up!

igbobuigbo:
What is the lie? That they are not investing or that the fruit of the investments have not materialized? I did say that the award was premature at this point, and part of the quote below is the only statement concerning drinking water in the article. Nowhere did he specifically mention investment in water treatment infrastructures, which I guess will be just part of the overall water delivery package. The main emphasis was on water for agriculture (farming/animal production) which of course still has to be fairly clean water otherwise the farmers wading in the irrigation water contact diseases, or our cattle acquire diseases from there and transmit to us; speaking about zoonotic diseases. If you insist on just drinking water alone, I do not see how Lake Chad and Niger Basin impact the lives of Lagosions/SW or people in the East (minus parts of Anambra) who have no business with those water bodies. But they do based on agriculture since the North produces substantial percentage of the food in the country.

This is the lie:

Quote from the Minister:

"Receiving the award on behalf of Nigeria, Obadiah Ando, Minister of Water Resources said the recognition[b] was a testimony to the government's commitment to providing safe and clean drinking water to Nigerians[/b], Nigeria has taken leadership role in the West African sub-region on issues of water. We are currently responsible for providing 30 per cent of the budgetary requirements of the Lake Chad Bain Authority and the Niger Basin Authority and all this is to improve Nigerians access to safe and clean water."

My point is that when was the commitment made? Was it made in their office rooms? And also, how do we measure any commitment without seeing any affirmative steps taken by the government. My point is that history suggests that all this is talk without action, a way to save face about the embarrassing state of our water system. There is also no evidence that they are currently responsible for providing the budgetary requirements of the,  Also, the statement means that if they are[b] currently[/b] providing the 30% budgetary requirement, there should currently be safe drinking water.

His main emphasis is not on Agriculture but on safe, drinking water. You don't need safe, drinking water for agricultural purposes. Water from the rain, from the sea, or from the pond is sufficient for agriculture. Many farmers rely on rain water anyway for farming. You also said the water has to be "fairly clean,"  but the minister said nothing about "fairly clean" water; he said "safe, drinking" water. From your statement you have never farmed nor know anything about farming. You don't need to treat water to farm; hey, the water goes into the soil. Please reason.

You have also assumed that the water is used for agricultural purposes because, according to you, since their providing funds for waters in the Lake Chad Basin, it only follows that it be used for agricultural purposes. I am not here to assume facts not in existence, but to analyze the story from the statements of the Minister.

Quote from Sagamite

Example was when she was looking for headline grabbing when she asked him if he would take responsibility for violence breaking out. That is just bad journalism, not really about attitude.

At 5.32, when she was asking "you represent what", it was blatantly condescending. Yes, he might not have HEADLINED what he stood for succinctly but he did provide alot of information about what he wants to achieve when she first asked, then she had the audacity to talk to him like if she was his older sister, questioning her wayward teenager junior brother. If he did not answer her question, I would understand, but he did IN DETAIL, he just did not initially HEADLINE it. Worse still, all the while he was talking so civilly to her and like if they are on the same level.

Also check out her bridgings when moving to the next question, she always pauses in a condescending manner. For example when she said:

2.22 - "I want to look forward now". Her facial expression after that statement was condescending.

6.06 - "Lets move on and talk about corruption". Her facial expression after that statement was condescending. Then within his first sentence to answer the question, she almost cut him off without listening to what he was about to say (6.31)

7.19 - "I want to talk about the Niger Delta". Her facial expression after that statement was condescending. And then look at her face when looking at him answering the question (7.36). Pompously looking like "You are going to tell me thrash".


Mr. Sagamite.

I re-watched the interview and paid close attention to the time at which you pointed. I also observed that the common thread in your reasons as to why you thought she was disrespectful were her facial expressions. The standard by which disrespectfulness should be measured is an objective standard, for reasonable minds may differ as to what is considered subjectively disrespectful. Because of that, I disagree with your reasoning and conclusion.

I see nothing disrespectful about her facial expressions, which is vintage Isha Sesay facial expressions. The phrases you quoted were all transitional phrases and some form of leading questions, both of which are techniques used by many sophisticated interviewers in the West, and it is aimed at controlling the interview and making sure the interviewee stays on course, especially considering the limited time within which she is allocated to cover an extensive topic, and the extremely evasive nature of politicians in general.

I suppose that it is unfortunate that many Nigerians like you misconstrue the meaning of respect, an attitude our leaders have taken advantage of, and which has been used to hijack our country with limited confrontation. For example, many leaders like OBJ think anyone who asks them a challenging question is disrespectful to them. OBJ is also known to be confrontational with journalists who ask about his corrupt regime. As a practical matter, using your standards, anytime an interviewer controls the interview by using transitional phrases and leading questions to keep the interviewee on course, you are more likely to adjudge such interviewer as being disrespectful, without any objective indicia of disrespectfulness.

igbobuigbo:
From my understanding, the award was not given based on existing drinking water systems. The minister did acknowledge our low rating on water sanitation. The award appeared to have been given for the initiaves the govt is taken such as involvement in Lake Chad with 30% budgetary allocation from Nigeria alone; Niger Basin stuff all ina bid to increase access to clean water; investment in dams aimed at increasing water available to agriculture. It is not about existing drinking water but moves being made to get there.
Ultimately, the recognition was basically for Nigeria's speedy ratification of some UN water course convention in 1997. At that time, my igbotic naija brother was the DG (or had just finished his tenure as DG) of the UN agency, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in Sri Lanka, which might explain our speedy involvement. Trust naija man to help him country.

Except where deliberate, people should read with understanding before commenting and not get prejudiced by the op who clearly did not understand what the story was all about. I completely agree that the award was premature. It should come when the goals have been met.

Didn't you read that the Minister talked about Nigeria's commitment to provide safe drinking water, and that the government has invested heavily in water treatment infrastructure. That is a big lie. This is the same commitment rhetoric that they have been using to deceive us, but they like to collect awards they do not deserve. Nothing has changed, and according to you, the only criteria for winning this award is to "say" you are going to do something without taking any objectively ascertainable affirmative steps towards effectuating that goal. It is a complete fraud. Nigeria does not deserve that award. Until we start seeing results in the common mans' lives, that is, accessibility to safe drinking water provided by the government, Nigeria does not deserve this award.

slap1:
Was the prize zoned to Nigeria or it was given in recognition of the recent flood in Lagos and Jigawa States?

I wan laugh die!

Kennyblues:
How can you say there is no water in Naija, what about the recent flood that rampaging the nation; should you forget, Ikorodu flood is still in our memory

I dey Laugh oooooooo

Me too dey laugh oooo. There is also the "Bar Beach" water.