₦airaland Forum

Tony142:
Gold digger

My thoughts exactly. Na their specialty be dat.

If he was a struggling bus driver in Soweto she wouldn't be ''available''.

Women.

Msheww.

Slackerpenguin2:
Do Nigerians want to pay the higher taxes needed for such urban development?

(No, we are too too poor)

Open gutters is what we can afford, when we earn just as much as the UAE for a population some twenty times larger.

I used to think this as well. But mehn....how much would it cost just to add a damn sidewalk to the road you're building?

supercase1:
In a combat scenerio whereby a US Marine army battalion with logistical support engages all Nigeria army division in a battle which side would come out victorious
US army battalion
or
Entire Nigeria Army Division!!!

You will be surprised that in a full combat scenario between a US battalion and a Nigerian battalion, the Nigerians would actually win. If you think those cornflakes eating, pampered US troops will defeat those rugged Naija forces in man to man combat, think again. At the very most it will be a very close contest, no matter who wins.

There is a reason the US does not favour having their men on the ground in close combat, but prefer to do air strikes instead. Their fighting forces are simply not that good, and nowhere near as brave as many other troops from supposedly weaker armies.

I remember during the Somalian war in 1993 when Nigeria sent about 5,000 troops to join US forces there in Operation Restore Hope. The American troops used to beg the Nigerians to engage the Somali rebels, while all the Yanks did was mount road blocks. Nigerian troops went in and fought the Somalians in close combat and defeated them, losing very few men in the process.

Nigerian Army troops battle Somalian rebels in Mogadishu, in Operation Restore Hope, 1993

[img]https://beegeagle.files./2011/07/km845.jpg[/img]

[img]https://beegeagle.files./2011/07/somali-sniper-arrest-1993.jpg[/img]

https://theglobalobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/amisom.jpg

I shudder in disgust when I see new roads being built in residential areas with open sewers.

It is not as common as before however. These days, most new urban road developments in Nigeria come with pedestrian sidewalks and covered drains, as is the convention across the world.

What I'd like to know is regarding already existing urban roads which still have these primitive open gutters with no sidewalks.

Do our leaders actually have plans to change that?

I mean, cities like Lagos, Benin, Enugu, Onitsha, Port Harcourt, Ibadan etc... are they really saying that all those open gutters are not going to be covered, ever?

And that pedestrians will continue walking along the main roads meant for vehicular traffic rather than on designated sidewalks, as is the norm all over the world?

I just need clarification from these leaders.
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The way streets are built in the normal world.
https://nacto.org/wp-content/themes/sink_nacto/views/design-guides/retrofit/urban-street-design-guide/images/sidewalks/carousel//retail-sidewalk.jpg

Could it be because they are fleeing THIS

https://cdn.dnaindia.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2018/09/21/733785-698365-poorhouseholds-file-photo.jpg

FOR THIS:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IPGp8se48mw/maxresdefault.jpg