Fashola Commissions 1,200 Cabs

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The Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola, this morning, commissioned additional 1,200 modern cabs to boost transportation in the state.

The governor had, last year, commissioned 250 modern cabs as part of the plan to take transportation in the state to the next level. During this commissioning, six companies were granted licences to operate the taxi scheme. One of the prerequisites for the granting of the licences was that each of the operators should have a minimum of 200 cabs in its fleet. Speaking at the commissioning, the Commissioner for Transportation, Prof. Bamidele Badejo, said Fashola had expanded the horizon of public transportation in the state with the granting of licences to private investors to commence regulated taxi system and car hire services.

He urged the operators to abide by the rules and regulations guiding taxi operations and car hire services in the state as well as all traffic laws that are applicable on Lagos public roads. “Let me reiterate that government is ready to provide an enabling environment for public-private participation to thrive in the provision of services and infrastructure to support the new Lagos of our dream,” he said. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Joke Orelope-Adefilure, stated that Lagos, being the commercial nerve centre of the country, definitely needs to embrace genuine initiatives directed at enhancing its Mega-City status, adding that this explains why the state government decided to support the initiative of the Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cab Operators Association to acquire new vehicles.

She said that the state believes the project is a way of empowering the people with the task of alleviating poverty in the state. She disclosed that N2 billion would be given out by the state government as micro-credit scheme to alleviate the plight of the people who would have access to loans to start up their businesses, adding that government would continue to provide the enabling environment in all their daily pursuits, while expecting that they would in turn reciprocate the gesture through prompt payment of their taxes.

Terrorist groups from where? Why would terrorist groups wantonly attack Nigeria? especially if they are not affiliated with MEND

Mai Suya:

Abeg make them go siddon. . .

AjanleKoko:

Frankly speaking, that'd be a laugh. Police foiling terrorism? Why not try foiling armed robbery?

Is this all you two can offer?

fellis:

Am curious, what did they pronounce instead of the real pronunciation?

Oh mhen, they come off with some pronunciation that is not even remotely similar to your name's spelling; like "Blankoluolawavich". Makes you wonder if they even try to read the damn thing at all.

I'm shagging the landlady- Anonymous tenant

Somebody tell me why there's an acidic odor of urine by this wall- Fashola

I tried giving them my native name Olaoluwa; after the name sustained multiple stabbing, Samuel came to the rescue.

So in what way are Lagosians wicked?

9jaganja:

As much as I don't support becomerich in Nigeria joining Benin, I think it's a little too hypocritical to call Benin a wretched country cause we are on the list of the most wretched. Even if we separate, we will be on our own and that's it. In as much as I don't support separation, I think it's best we separate now. It's in the interest of the southerners to break from Nigeria.

Here's where I'm coming from: If we actually disintegrate, every statistic in the western books would improve instantaneously. If you look at the per capita income, HDI, poverty rates, literacy rates, disease prevalence, GDP etc of the southern states as a whole, we would be one of the better fairing countries on the continent. The north, with their overwhelming population and landmass and their self-inflicted appalling condition, makes Nigeria as a whole look really bad on the books as their 'figures' are dramatic outliers in the calculators. If Benin Republic cannot compete with Nigeria as it is now, why should we become affiliated with them if we disintegrate and instantly become "wealthy"?

This disintegration thing is starting to sound interesting. But for the supposedly hot Fulani chics, there's really nothing to lose!
Where's that petition baby!

I'm actually starting to ride on this disintegration coach! weird

Even if this ridiculous disintegration is accomplished, why should we be affiliated with wretched Benin Republic?

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is that lagos in d pic?

Kenyanstar:

[center]ALL NIGERIAN SHOUL READ THIS![/center]

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, NIGERIANS seem to have developed an almost pathological ability to lie to themselves. Today, everywhere you turn, somebody is buck-passing. Nobody wants to take responsibility any more. Psychologists probably explain it best as a desperate mechanism to cope with the harsh realities of life, but this doesn’t make it less bizarre and surreal. Doubt me? Consider these 10 common lies.

One, that the government has to help us with our personal problems. How many times have you seen on TV a Hawkers whose stalls has been demolished, or somebody who, somehow, has sired 16 children saying, “I am begging for goverment intervention…”?

Fact is, there is no animal known as government that has bottomless pockets to solve people’s individual problems. Government is there to formulate policy and construct basic infrastructure with tax money. Anyone who wants to benefit from your tax money is a parasite.

THE SECOND LIE IS THAT Nigeria IS a rich country whose wealth is looted by its leaders. Ha ha ha! Nigeria is actually extremely poor. With nearly 130 million people, according to the CIA’s factbook, the country has a Gross National Product of just $131 billion. Contrast that to Singapore, with a population of about 4.7 million and a GDP of $155 billion. Nigerians should be thinking of baking a bigger cake, not how to share crumbs!

The third lie? That Nigerians are decent, hardworking people, but their leaders are bad. Go tell it to the birds. People get the leaders they deserve. And on that hard-working bit, it is only true for a very small part of the population, mostly women.

If you go to the rural areas, you will find most shopping centres clogged with .drunk men as early as 9 am. Without women, this country would be as poor as Sierra Leone! Lie number four is that a new Constitution will solve all your problems. Fat chance. We have laws against murder and arson, but did that stop the atrocities of early 2008 and the mayhem wreaked by Emancipation of the Niger Delta Militia?

Fact is, a Constitution is as good as its implementation, otherwise it is just a piece of paper with ink stains. Countries like Britain don’t even have a written one. You need to rediscover your moral direction more than you need a Constitution. Lie number five is that foreigners, especially diplomats like US Ambassadors love us very much.

Let’s be blunt here. Diplomats are sent there by their governments to represent their own interests. They don’t love Nigeria any more than they love Bhutan or Haiti. This to them is just a work-station. Nobody loves Nigeria as Kenyans do, or should. This is your home, and only you can change it for the better. Start working on it.

The sixth lie is that Nigerians are a Godly, peace-loving people. OK, maybe we go to churches and mosques, but that doesn’t make you more God-fearing than the Russians or the Chinese. Which God-loving people wake up one day and start soiling each other with machetes?

The seventh lie? That to jumpstart Nigeria you need free education, free healthcare…. Let’s all get this clear: There’s nothing like a free lunch. When you are a poor country with no infrastructure and you spend the little you have on NGO-driven freebies, you’ll remain just that — poor. Free things should only be for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, such as the old and disabled.

Lie number eight — that it is poverty that leads to crime and acts of stupidity — has become popular of late. People burn while looting a fuel truck, or steal from the corpses of road accident victims and all you hear is the “poverty” excuse.

NOW, IF POVERTY WAS THE ROOT OF all evil, how come there are some really good people like national football players from places like Lagos slums? Lie number nine? That a Nigerian ‘Obama’ will swoop down to save this country and lead us to everlasting prosperity.

The messianic narrative may make you sleep better, but it won’t happen. Look at China, the greatest economic miracle on earth. It has taken the sacrifice of an entire generation to pull millions out of poverty. One ‘Obama’ cannot do the job alone. Lie number ten. That your ethnic community is more hardworking, more honest than the others. If that were so, how come you — as a person and as a community — are still as poor as you are?

This joke of a piece makes you feel good inside hun? 10 more lies that'll give you a better night rest. Look in the mirror, you'd wish you were Nigerian. . . so much hate.

Professional site. odd to find an effective use of green, Gud job

U're right

agabaI23:

He was a bit jittery and that probably messed up his responses

Rearranging already arranged scrap papers all over the place?

Well who wouldn't be in that situation,

Pls how much is a new N96 in naija now?

Hey does anyone know the price of a new n96?

@ Zomby

His wives??

I just realized this thread has already been created. sorry!

Thanks Naijaking.

I don't know why it has taken me till today to mature the total disdain for the Nigerian government which they deserve, even though I knew things were serious. To that end, my ultimate joy would be to have these people (in their thousands) publicly shot in the guts simultaneously. Why is Ibori still chewing the fattened calf?

You can see young and dynamic individuals in the US congress with brain cells active enough to at least discuss, rather than screaming yay and nay all over the place over gay marriages and global warming deep down from their bloated tummies.

Which way now?

Why is Ribadu not mentioning the name of that Governor that gave him the $15million bucks?

http://current.com/items/90080328_ribadu-testifies-before-the-u-s-financial-services-committee-prepared-by-sahara-reporters.htm

sorry I can't embed this player. If you can, pls do.

I believe the statement caused a stir in the house; he was made to apologize and take back the statement.