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That is why Univeristy education should not be a 'come one, come all business'. Quantity over quality has destroyed any sense of purpose these institutions should have. Even at a higher level, 4th year, one can see a 'one liner' examination query typical, not dissimilar to what kindergarten kids will be subjected to.

I keep on saying it. The total dissonance between the Nigeria academia and Nigeria is just troubling to say the least. I have always known that the purpose of Universities and other countepart academic institutions was amongst other things, to profer solutions to the challenges of society. You see this typically in the developed world, from coursework to research thesis, subjects of interest have always centered around the big questions nations and her peoples faced at any point in time with a view to solving them.

Why is the Nigeria academia so prone to mediocrity. What value will enumerating all 71 political parties and their leadership add to anyone. Can't a more noteworthy question be: 'What the effects are of such number of parties on the political development of the country', 'Why the escalating number of parties after 20 years of unbroken political practice..,'

Our Universities have to step up and reform. They are not helping Nigeria. Instead of being centres of solutions, year after year all they are known for is problems, problems, problems. Instead if giving to society all they do is demand, demand, demand. It doesn't speak well of an institution, a community of folks who are intellectually proficient because one thing proficiency makes possible is independence, advancement and excellence.

The best economic brains are there yet they cannot raise a single blueprint to fund themselves adequately. They have the best psychologists and criminal scientists yet are overrun by cults and crime. They have the best engineers yet all they tell you is how much diesel they buy that they cannot afford. For goodness sake if they cannot help themselves, how do they help society. If Professors are crying on account of hunger what do they expect the ignorant peasant village folks to do.

And this is where it starts, mediocrity on the sheets.... disgusting.

In this age of global telecommunications the only reason a person can just fall of the face of the earth is what I call, the stubborn, careless, ignorant and hopeless misuse of this important tool.

Folks think you intrude on thier privacy when you demand to be informed of their whereabouts and movements as regularly as clockwork. The reason flight MH370 cannot be located till today is simple, the transponder was turned off. Anyone who does not or cannot keep in constant contact in the Nigeria of today is simply regarded by me as a suicidal candidate.

So much poverty around her. She has no option but to speak up and continue speaking irrespective of power as one passionate about the well being of those around her, typical of ideologues in developed societies. They never stop talking.

Who wrote this for him, his driver or cook...

This is not development. It is not the optimal use of resources. It cannot generate revenue, cannot dent unemployment, has little multiplier effect and will cost a fortune to run. I just wonder who advises these folks.

Nice. Romance has no bounds...

IntrovertedK:
St Valentines day is a christian day. Not surprised. I don't even expect any muslim to be part of it.

It is not a Christian Day. Christians donot celebrate love. They live it.
St. Valentine's is very man made and thus as secular as any human law.

sarrki:
One of those guys that still makes me to believe strongly that politics in Nigeria is not about tribe or religion

Your excellency you have said it all

So why is he not preaching competence then.....
Can't you see that the only reason he remains in the APC and campaigns for Mr. Buhari is towards the '2023 Igbo Presidency'. Without this promise from the powers that be, the owners of Nigeria will he support the status quo? What can be more tribal or sectional than that. I support you so you support my 2023 ambition. Is that not also the short term mercantile mindset he acuses others about.

On the other hand the PDP folks are staking their bets on a better economy courtesy of their candidates whom they feel have a better grasp of what really matters to them. They did not ask for Peter Obi because of a Presidential promise (there are heavier weight politicians from the region) and Mr. Obi has never admitted to seeking the Presidency at any time in the future.

Oga. Mr. Rochas sounds more tribalistic, nepotistic, self centered and mercantile than the folks he criticises. It is this weakness his fellow party men see in him that has caused them to rail road him. Mr. Adams, Mr. Tinubu and Mr. Amaechi giving him a migrane are not from the south east and he better learn to respect his constituents instead of insulting them at every turn because at the end all politics is local. He cannot force respect, period.

And you mister should respect the wishes of others. That is called political liberalism.

Topmaike007:
oga you for don fifty ooo

No am not. I started school at 1. By 12, I shot my first round of ammunition (legally). By 15, I shot my first artillery round (105mm howitzer). After that I experienced my first combat deployment and still had time to discharge and get my first degree by 20 and my post grad by 22.

I grew well beyond my years. I've seen all and done all as far as Nigeria is concerned. Concerning the subject matter, the Murtala coup was the first of three encounters where I was within minutes if not just days away from close encounters with the protagonists. The other two were in Zaria and Makurdi TAC. That is all I will say here.

Nigeria is an open book to me. Holds no secrets. We grew up around and about.

wingman:
N17000 in 1976 could by at least 12mercedes Benz cars. Build at least 3 duplexes

Haba, not true.

Though I shouldn't remember this day, it remains crystal clear decades after. I can never forget my mum rushing into my nursery class in utter hysteria, classroom doors banging, people screaming. I still cannot understand how she managed to get across to Corona at Ikoyi ftom UNILAG staff school in record time. By midday school had ended abruptly.

Apparently I was forty-five minutes ahead of General Murtala, in the same traffic, passed the same gas station and passed the Brigade of Guard's Gate that his Staff car never made. Like him I was also late to school because my dad was dropped off at the airport early that morning.

My mum drove my elder sister and I the long way round through the Federal Secretariat and onto what is now the third mainkand bridge interchange Yaba and onto Surulere in her Beetle. We arrived home round about 6pm. The traffic was torrid. Dad couldn't get back for a few days and school was shut for a week.

General Murtala had been assasinated. It took a while for that stretch of road to be reopened and when it eventually did there were checkpoints evey 50 yards with battle ready soldiers mounting machine guns and APC's at the gates. Till tomorrow you dare not wait, loiter or even take a prolonged glance at the gates of Dodan barracks. Before then folks were often seen lounging on the well manicured laws outside its walls..... Nigeria had lost its innocence.

azpekuliar:
We have weaponized poverty in this country. What a pity! We need to take our country back by restructuring this rent-seeking dependent contraption.

When the people are tired of the mess...but are they?..... will they ever?
Look at this comedy skit... what message does it pass along.... a citizenry held captive to hope(lessness).... knowing not what enormous power he wields to change his status if only he and his brothers can get enlightened.

Can you imagine an adult crying on the streets of Paris at the behest of the failings of the elected French government. Has any single red blooded American shed a tear of oppression because Mr Trump said this or did that?....

Why are Nigerians this weak, divided and grossly ignorant.. ..

trillville:
No one likes paying taxes. I have never met or heard of a person who genuinely likes paying taxes.

So why do other nations pay taxes? the same reason you brush your teeth and take your bath in the morning. Without taxation, civilization can never develop. it is a necessary evil.

When the government collects taxes, the people are more willing to fight for their rights. on another hand, the government uses taxes to invest in its people in their youth and then recoup their investments through taxation when their citizens start working.

No one is naturally good. Without structures and institutions in place, All humans are not much better than animals.

He says no one like paying taxes. Then he should think again because the garbage will remain in the streets, the street lights won't work, and robbers will run wild because the cops won't get paid. That is the incentive developed nations face to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

You know what. Without paying tax you will have no representation in Abuja when votes are cast on national matters that affect your local community so you pay to send your Senator and Rep member there. Pay for their lodging and feeding. That is an incentive to pay tax. That is a Nigeria of my dreams.

So if a constituency likes their Rep so much as a God given they can buy him a Lamborghini, build him a castle in Abuja, pay him a hundred million naira stipends every month and hire hookers to cool him off every evening while they sell palm kernel fruits for a living and fry garri noon and night.

This country is upside down. It can NEVER DEVELOP.

Puojebo:
The deputy speaker, osanebi Friday is from my LGA. That young man has been made before joining politics. you should do your background check before commenting on certain issues. Presently he is the best legislator so far in Delta state as evidenced by his empowerment and infrastructures.. You can verify these....

That is why I ask you. If you were paying his salary via taxation will you build this kind of house for him. Even if he was a self made man will you not ask why he cannot make his constitutes similarly.... will you not question the grinding poverty around him....

If you can build this for your 'servant'....yes he is your servant, please let us see your own.

We have a disastrous mentality in this sad, sickening country.

The result of the warped structure of Nigeria that makes this man amongst thousands of others unaccountable to the people. If his office, if his activities, if his budget, if his salary was paid by his constituents, will he be able to do this in their midst, with their sweat.... will they not lynch him....

Our Constitution, our structure makes no single public official accountable to the people they claim to serve whether they be elected or appointed public officials. Even common civil servants in Nigeria act like tin gods and oppress the very people who should be feeding them.. .. because they are not.

What you see here is the totality of the irresponsibility of the Nigerian citizen who doesn't want the pain of paying for the dynamic, developing nation they so crave but rather relinquish their destiny to the failed oil fueled feeding bottle system. And as we know, the closer a people are to the oil, the worse the situation.

I have given several instances of this. For example if the tax payer in Kogi West was responsible for sending Senator Dino Melaye to Abuja to represent them, will they buy him a Ferrari and build him a house in Maitama. Will they be paying his wages while he carries on with his time wasting shenanigans. Will you pay your lawyer (acting on your behalf) while he clowns around town... will you not sack him fir wasting uour time and money....

Folks. The only way to end all this is to restructure Nigeria. The present system we operate CAN NEVER develop Nigeria. You can all shout, groan, complain till all eternity. No leader, no judge, no law enforcement agency can even scratch the surface of corruption without removing the fuel from the fire.

IamJames:
He lacks the power to singlehandedly restructure Nigeria but he can work with NASS to get that done. The positive here is his willingness to get Nigeria restructured.

And who is the NASS.... the most direct representatives of the people.... some of whom desire restructuring. The workings of this is simple. A two-thirds majority motions any law. What do the people do. ... lobby your fellow citizens who donot believe or donot desire restructuring to see the merits thereof and press their reps to meet the two-thirds critical mass.

That is how democracy is made to work for the people. An agenda can either be top driven by a favourable Executive or bottom driven by the direcct intervention of the people through the NASS.

In my opinion, restructuring is too critical a development to be left to either side of the power equation. That is why any aspirant to Executive office that places it front centre of his agenda has my attention. Nothing is more important to me about this country called Nigeria. Not since I became an enlightened adult many, many years ago. That Nigeria simply cannot develop without it.

5thElement:
Only fools will trust a politicians words. I'm sure you know better than to trust a man who has paid millions of dollars from his personal account just to win this election.

He will say and do anything to win.

Anybody who can't see Atiku's desperation is very naïve.

Politicians are not trusted anywhere in tne world. That is very naive Mister. Trust is a sign of weakness, of submission, of faith. These are reserved only onto God Almighty. A politician on the other hand is empowered by you. He is your employee. You donot just trust your employee. You set rules and monitor them to ensure performance. When it lacks, you fire them, period.

Your trust for the present government is one of the reasons there is scant performance on all its promises. Your trust is the reason for instance Ganduje's hand was raised in campaign to the utter disappointed of many. Trust creates the reasons to excuse failure. If folks who voted him in had demanded performance since May 2015 such will never have happened.

We just don't understand how democracy works. The average politician in developed places fear the people. Here in Nigeria the average politician is feared.... respected, trusted to a fault. Who wouldn't misbehave in this clime with such weak ideologies amongst those supposed tp hold them to account.

In politics I absolutely hate the word TRUST. It repulses me. Pls don't use it ever again in reference to politics, you hear!!!!

MrMcJay:
It seems you just started following politics last weekend. Let me try to cure your ignorance in 4 paragraphs.

In 2007, Obasanjo was sitting President and wanted to come to Lagos for a rally. Tinubu as Governor fixed 4 AD Mega Rallies in Lagos same day with Obasanjo's rally. That day, Obasanjo was forced to go campaign in Ketu market.

By 2011, Obasanjo's daughter had lost her senatorial seat to a candidate from Tinubu's party. In fact, Tinubu's party beat Obasanjo's daughter in the polling unit opposite Obasanjo's house.

As for Afenifere, Odumakin and Bode George, I'll group them together because they're inconsequential and politically worthless.
Mention a single candidate in the entire South West who was supported by any of these 3 political liabilities and won that election?
Mention just 1.

Tinubu is a dogged political fighter and I won't want to say much so as not to spoil your night. If you want to know what Tinubu can do, ask GEJ for more information.

Tinubu party, Tinubu party, Tinubu party....
How can an enlightened adult think this is normal in 2019 when it is national politics not village, hamlet politics one is talking about here. With a 180 million people at stake, and over 400 cross cultural permutations you honestly think this scenario can make any sort of logical headway in a complex society such as ours.

Mister, no where in the world do political parties, entities or establishments belong to individuals. It is the complete antithesis of politics for power to belong to one individual alone. Democracy 101: 'WE THE PEOPLE....' holds true ultimately.

It may be manipulated and delayed but power will always and surely become that of the people.

diadem10:
This greedy Amosun wants to be elected as a senator yet wants to enthrone a governor as well. Some people are just so greedy.

But so is Rochas
But so is Tinubu
But so is Amaechi.... and on and on.

The APC is filled with 'strong men', 'Don Corleones' it is hard to see beyond regular blood letting and internal coups. How you singled out Amosun is just baffling.... but it clearly shows which mafia family you belong. Better get your own gun and begin to take out your rivals before they notice you.... my two 'cented' advice.

Benwems:
Those people saying Hazard should go to Madrid please stop it. I'm a Madrid fan and we don't need Hazard. He should stay in his Chelsea or go elsewhere. Hazard=Isco
Who we need is mbappe. Hazard is over rated. We already got Isco. Both Isco and Hazard play alike.

That's exactly what I said a while ago. What Madrid needs right now is patently obvious from the Laliga table: ' Goals Scored' is poor and unusually far from Fc Barcelona's. They have not found a replacement for CR7's goals and that is what they need, a 30+ goals a season poacher. This is not Eden Hazards turf abeg. It is way above his competencies and pay grade.

AnanseK:
Are you on drugs?this is southern Nigeria a beg: see what their sons OBJ and Jonathan could not do;

I told you folks in 2015, that roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, etc are superficialities that donot set poliitical determination. You folks are poor students of politics. These things donot count on the ballot.

If any leader wants to remain in power perpetualy all he needs to do is to radically reform society by restructuring to give civil liberties to all citizens thus uncuffing the enormous potentials that abound in the Nigerian.... then the common man will himself demand for constitutional changes to enable such leader continue in power till death.... it happened in Singapore.

It can happen in Nigeria but with this system we practice that is pre programmed to keep Nigeria wretched and undeveloped.... it will also guarantee that no Nigerian leader can ever be loved beyond six months. Because no leader can develop Nigeria under this structure. No leader can become a Robert Mugabe or a Yoweri Museweni or a Paul Biya in Nigeria. Our constitution is as rancid as castor beans and as bitter as gall.

Today, the electorate will look at that road and rail like 'shit' and say... so what. Na achievement be dat.
Mr Buhari should have moved for restructuring. Nigeria would have been fundamentally better by now.

Capensis:
The Opposition Party, are better organized and even look more healthy than the ruling party.

I hope APC will not fragment after this. We need a united opposition as soon as Atiku is sworn in by May.

Not even the Gods can stop Atiku now except the election is rigged.

We need a virile opposition ALL THE TIME. I said it before the PDP was defeated. I said it during the early days of the APC admistration when the PDP was down and nearly out.

Whoever wins will come under enormous stress to perform.

Mr Buhari has vowed not to change his ways if he wins. I personally donot think he will have a say in that. His party will force him to change because even if the APC wins it will be with a wafer thin majority. They will lose seats in both Houses of Assembly. They will lose governors. They will be weaker. Mr Buhari will be weaker and much more vulnerable to eviction and his party will be more splintered with even more defections. The APC post elections win or lose will never be the same.

If Atiku wins the flood of expectations will even be worse and the stresses will quickly mount if the economy does not begin to kick within 6 months. Luckily for him he has experienced adminstrators around him and if Saraki can retain the Senate it will help in fast tracking economic stimullus such as reversing the fracticious TSA thus enabling government finances pass through commercial banks again providing massive liquidity for productivity instantly.

There are no easy solutions. And no one should be under any illusion that whoever wins will win ultimately. Nigeria is a poisoned chalice. Without restructuring there are no viable long term development possibilities.

martowskin1:
Too many faction .... The division in the party is too much...

Have always said it, buhari is the center of gravity...

If buhari loose, am not sure there will be APC by 2023

I sincerely hope not. But the APC has really mismanaged power terribly. In just 3 and a half years it has squandered so much good will, it is just unbelievable.

Anyway a certain famous white man who is come to give a pen for a peace accord said it a while ago. That it is more important to build strong institutions rather than uplift strong men. The APC is a laminate of strong men, political godfathers who give and take no quarter.

The problem with laminates is that they are hopeless in coping with long term stresses and are bound to come apart when loads sre applied along their fault lines.

The APC has no more than 3 months to put their party through an annealing process to properly gel its constituent power centres if not win or lose next week, it might be curtains come May 29. I cannot see who can command such political centripetalism as Mr Buhari in the ranks of the APC. He has not raised a successor and the party has not demanded one.

This is a big mistake.

MarianaTrench:
Did they test the drinks to confirm if it was poisoned...

If the deaths were as a results of poisoned drinks then I would expect them to have blood or foam on their lips

..you watch too many Grade D junk flicks from the woody world. There are hundreds of ingestible poisons and few will cause a regorgitative action or produce gas in reaction with the stomachs contents. Though I am not saying this is what happened in this case.

Even the earlier speculation about carbon monoxide poisoning is far fetched simply because the car was outdoors and certainly not airtight enough to completely exclude oxygen as opposed to when a vehicles engine is running for instance in a lock up garage or the tail pipe deliberately turned and exhaust gases ventes directly into the car's cabin. Carbon Monoxide poisoning does not overcome without a notice exceot when the individual is either asleep, under the influence of drugs/aalcohol or attempting suicide.

Though carbon monoxide is odourless and colourless it generates breathing difficulty that triggers an immediate response for relief and opening a car door or window should not be difficult if the individual is alert and healthy and not trapped.

Without an autopsy it will be impossible to say for certain what killed them.

BabaO2:
Why are people twisting reality.
Government never said they have provided solution to the truck issue on the road, but said they would not allow trucks to come into Lagos as from Thursday and those within Lagos already would be moved off the road to avoid traffic jam in Lagos on Saturday due to expected upsurge in both motorists and vehicular movement as result of president visitation

But that is what people are saying.... that to conceal reality while pretending is hypocrisy or do we relocate the Presidency back to Lagos to find a permanent solution.?...

Emu4life:
Multiplier effect of corruption

1. A young man works for one of the state ministries. His salary is 120K. He makes 15,000 everyday on this desk (N75k a week) engaging in corrupt practices. As a result, he spends the daily cash as he cares. Living large and far above his legitimate income.

2. He visits the local joint every evening and buys drinks for friends, and area boys. They hail him. He is married, but has two girlfriends. His "income" is enough to take care of them. The Asun seller at his favorite joint is happy, the joint owner is happy.

3. Everyone was benefiting from his "income". Friends, family, area boys, joint owner, Asun seller, girlfriends, wife and his church. Life was good.

4. Then suddenly the ministry implemented the Treasury Single Account (TSA) at the beginning of PMB administration. His extra "income" disappeared and he had to adjust to the reality of event and live within his real income. That wasn't easy.

5. Initially he reduced his daily visit to the joint to 3 days a week and stopped buying drinks for everyone. He reduced he plates of Asun. The Asun seller started to find it hard to sell a full goat each day and resorted to buy half.

6. The young man's girlfriends started to feel the heat too. No more iPhone 10. The joint owner noticed a drop in sales. The young man finally stopped visiting the joint after a month. The area boys started feeling his absence. The effect cascaded down.

7. The young man started spending more time at home with his wife and kids. The family had to readjust to the reality of the new normal. His hair stylist noticed the young man suddenly stopped tipping. He will even wait for his N200 change after haircut.

8. Things are different. Times are hard, they all cry. The young man is blaming Buhari, his wife is blaming Buhari, the area boys are blaming Buhari, the girlfriends are saying Buhari must go, the joint owner is saying Buhari killed the "economy"

9. The Asun seller is cursing Buhari, the hair stylist is insisting Buhari is too old to rule. This is the story of our nation where corruption fuels the "economy". Those who are not engaging in it are benefiting from it.

10. This tread is not about Buhari's achievement or failure, but rather about the "multiplier" effect of corruption and how we have built a system largely driven by corruption. It's about policy implication (good or bad). It's about the choices we have made.

Finally, the young man had to withdraw his kids from what he called expensive primary school his kids attend. He added:"what are they teaching them there sef " Obasanjo didn't go to a private school. I just laughed

My Take:
Most of the so called rich men and women in Nigeria before now were feeding fat on the populace, imaging a level 15 officer in a state ministry sponsoring two of his/her children's education in Europe but when TSA came to effect, free money dried up but Buhari was blamed for the inability to fund children in Europe! Awon ole jati -jati, ofan a je l'oju onile.

So just how did Mr. President educate four of his kids to college degrees in the United Kingdom being a career civil servant all his life. The answer to this is why a lot of folks resist and the reason why he is unlikely to succeed in changing anythjng after he is done, just as in 1983-85.

Thetruthshallse:
Nigerians who do us this thing? Are we people so short of memory or so selfish or what? The situation we find ourselves is because of these same pdp people, we are definitely not going back to them. People that can loot anything loot able. That they loot their own fundraiser. Can you their supporter ask them what happened to the 20bn they raised for their headquarters? Such people deserve no second chance. A word is enough for the wise.

I gave you this example many, many months ago.
If you were an American (and obviously a Democrat) you will never have imagined the Republican party ever coming back to power, ever after what George Bush Jr did to the American economy via his failed wars across the middle east and Afghanistan. But hey, the Republican party is back under President Trump after just 8 years of an arguably decent performance by Barack Obama.

That is politics. You are the ignorant one here. Hey!, it is Trump, not Bush that was on the ballot.... an Atiku, not a Jonathan government seeking power. That is the difference you struggle with. You cannot extricate the vehicle from the driver when analysing the crash, blaming the vehicle alone. The PDP is merely a vehicle any driver can manage.

Back to America, today Mr. Trump is more domesticated unlike global cash burning Bush, withdrawing troops and treasure from far flung lands, hunkering down, building walls and focusing on the economy and the well being of his people (some might disagree). A complete 180 degree policy turn from the Bush years, same party, different driver, different destination.

Back to Nigeria. I am not saying Mr. Atiku will be a 180 degree change from the GEJ years should he win but to expect things to be exactly the same is completely unreasonable. It will mean no lessons were learnt and it will mean they will lose power yet again. I bet with my whole house, that they will do everything to ensure that election defining mistakes made in the past will never happen again. They will learn by default.

Similarly to expect that the next Presidential candidate of the APC after Mr. Buhari (should he lose) will tow his hardline, autocratic, 'one trick pony' stance is just crazy. No one will walk down that path and expect to be elected.

Democracy is all about competition that brings about mastery of governance. No one knows it all, and contestants must either be basking in the euphoria of victory or be practicing in the gym to get better. To you since Manchester City won last season, Liverpool has no right to contest because the last time they did, a certain Steven Gerrard slipped and it has upset you so bad.

Guess what, Steven 'Goodluck' Gerrard is retired, it is Mane and Salah running the show. Same team, different players, get over it.

9gerian:
Good thing this election is being keenly contested.

This is all Nigeria needs to curb impunity such as have been witness with the ruling party.

That is the essence of democracy. A keen contest to get there will result in a natural resolve to work for the people. That is why I never advocated the death of the PDP when they lost in 2015 (as some desired) and that is why I will never advocate the death of the APC (if they lose next week).

This is what the leaders of the APC should realise, their party is more important than their personal ambitions, speaking to Mr Buhari and Mr. Tinubu specifically because I do genuinely fear for them out of power. They have not consolidated over the past four years. So I call on all well meaning Nigerians to as a matter of urgency implore on those two figures to broaden the base of their party to be more inclusive in the spirit of true political solidarity. Their personal wills are not going to make for a genuine, long lasting pan national political movement.

The people on their should have a stern resolve to change at the polls whatever government does not meet with theur genuine expectations or retain those they feel have met them. They should realise that democracy puts in their hands enormous responsibilities that result in the fact that they cannot complain about the choices they have personally made. The ballot is that powerful.

ONCE YOU HAVE CAST IT, YOU LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE FALLOUT. VOTE WISELY.

At the pictures.... good grief ... hmmm we need electoral reforms in Nigeria going forward to constitute an 'electoral college type' system to modify the impact of such.... population...

maybachmusic:
This is one area my state akwa ibom has failed big time



Its all oil money

When we should have seaside resorts with endless pools dotting these beaches with people from all over the country coming in for weekends

.but whatbdo we have now , dirty haggard fish joints

So annoying. That is why I must have my own private beach within the next decade to show what a beach should be.

[quote author=Charmingrascal post=75613459][/quote]Pls, pls just detach the word 'attraction' from 'tourism'. Very, very few of our tourism locations can remotely be described as attractive. From the pictures I can see there is nothing attractive there. Whoever runs that beach should invest properly in beach infrastructure and beach management to attract real tourists.

The norm in Nigeria is to have such locations visitor driven in concept, operations and management. That is absolutely wrong. Where in the world do you have a visitor driven experience in the tourism industry. People go out to experience things not to take their experiences to impose in places. How can you have a so called tourism location without rules, regulations, standards and creeds where it is a free for all, to do all... such as you have on Lagos beaches. You might as well carry Balogun market or the Afrika shrine there.

The knowledge and operations of tourism is very shallow in Nigeria.

Hope it is better than all those so called Lagos beaches I visited during the yuletide. Disgusting, dirty and full of noisy folks. Will visit Akwa Ibom's beaches when next I have the privilege of a holiday. And will make all efforts to own a private beach some day to show what a proper beach should be.