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SpcAgtOko:Nice write up. Spontaneous, not overtly organized, sensual........... The Yoruba though, who taught you that ![]() |
lertee: Like it?Love it! ![]() |
SpcAgtOko: Thanks sir ![]() |
Ilekere: I was real skinny and frail, so they called me..........take a guessOpelenge? |
gatiano: lol, no ulterior motives? that is impossible. i'm one of those who believe that ebola is a bioweapon, they just coming to check how the second wave will not be easily conquered. they can't stand to be proven wrong since they already estimated that 1.3 million will have ebola by jan 2015.I even wonder why they need to come over. They already have all the information they need. And ifthey need more, they have several.other ways of communicating with us. |
I just hope their coming is honestly in peace, with no ulterior motives. |
new2020: My reply was to him with respect to objectivity, not to you sir! I used "his". I have no problem with you!OK. |
new2020: His post was clearly subjective and lacked facts...not objective. The fact of the matter remains that Federal government handled the Ebola crisis with impeccable sheer demonstration of a functioning government. As usual, we Nigerians don't appreciate things like this unless this virus succeeded in killing millions. Lagos has no resources to handle such health crises; none! No it can't. It relied on federal government but always likes to come out make stupid noises. Can't say thank you to the Federal Government. Wasn't Lagos the same state that refused the Nano silver, but was forced by Federal government to administer it using "national security clause" or it would declare state of emergency on Lagos, force Fashola out to secure the national interest and well being of the citizens...Read the Nigerian constitution; it's in there. Personally, I don't how you guys view this, for me, this is the biggest achievement of President Jonathan. This Ebola would have killed millions only then we Nigerians will wake up. Congratulate Jonathan for once bad belle people.I disagree with most of your submission here. And I'm being objective. But that's besides the fact that you actually went tribal, veering off from the discussed topic, and subjectively pointing fingers. If this your post had replaced your initial one, we wouldnt be having this discussion would we? But maybe you never even realised your bigotry. Sometimes you're in too deep you don't know where the line is anymore. |
new2020: Typical asinine Yoruba thinking blinded by tribalism. Swine!Funny he never made any tribal statement, but you did. |
Ilaje44: Nigerians can be ungrateful atimes. Americans don't want to help you, yet a lot of volunteers from the same America came down to help you set up the Ebola centres. Do you think if these pioneers have been gutless like a lot of your Nigerian doctors, you would be here praising Nigeria? The people that encouraged Nigerians to help Nigerians are in my eyes the people to whom the greatest credit is due. The survivors of the epidemic have corroborated what the NYT has written, even though you think they are biased.Their actions were after the fact and at most in hindsight. Why has this news article not mentioned the fact that the hospital actually had the technology and personell to quickly detect and take action on the first Ebola case in the country. Rather they talked about another USA plant who was called and went like "ohh that must be Ebola!". The doctor that died did so not necessarily out of ignorance but in a bid to make make sure the human Ebola was restricted to the hospital. I'm telling you bro, what happened at that hospital could have easily happened at any top rate hospital in the world. And I'm sure more props would have been given to the hospital instead of insinuating that they lacked the capability to manage the situation - until USA showed up (not that they did anyway). Lagos is a metropolis. Calling a whole state/metropolis a slum is sitting behind a desk and ignorantly pulling out the stereotype. I'm not fighting for Lagos but if Lagos was in USA, the description would be different, and you'll still agree with them. New York is refered to as a concrete jungle, mostly cos of the sky scrappers and little greenery. In a hundred years it might be refered to as the actual urban slum at a time when people would be looking for anything closest to nature. In the end what is called a slum would be a matter of opinion. |
arresa: 1. Back in April, the FG of Nigeria lied to Nigerians and the world that Nigeria was ready to tackle Ebola and that we have vaccines that doesn't exist.Unfortunately, you are also absolutely correct. I remember watching a program on TV right before the sawyer case where a govt envoy was confidently stating that we had all what was needed to prevent and treat Ebola cases. I was happy that at least we were planning for prevention. Until sawyer paid a visit and the prepared "on ground" govt preparation turn out nonexistent. God bless the Lagos state govt. Yes its their job, but they did it and didn't blame any incompetence on history. And the beautiful thing was that it was shown that they followed up the cases/contacted patients to the their logical conclusion, ending with the governor hugging Ebola survivors in pictures. This is an example by Nigerians showing we can actually finish a process… Shout out to the federal govt for comming in with their support. We can hail the Lagos state govt for being proactive, but it did require and got the formidable financial and logistics backing of the federal govt later. |
thewarrior72: Many holes & deviations in that report. Instead of giving honour & respect to Nigeria the keep twisting the fact...smhTwisting the fact to somehow show that USA was part of our success story on Ebola. When the truth was that they actually didn't want to help, and probably quietly wanted us to fail so they can gloat about our helpless situation. We did it right and they realised it would be seen as quite odd that this was done without the world's Superman's help. Superman my foot. I won't be surprised to see pictures of our successful Ebola cases with american faces slotted somewhere in between. |
That's the "check engine" sign. Have your car scanned to know what is really the fault. It might not be a big deal, but can be the symptom of something worse. |
omenka: My lunch. No time to stop and eat.Na woman dey drive you go Abuja? |
InyinyaAgbaOku: You have not been to the east, yet you are talking trash, pretending to be civil.First. You don't know me, who I am or where I've been to. Secondly, asking who I've fed is irrelevant to this thread and has no links whatsoever with any of my posts. Thirdly, I wasnt just referring to lagos when I correctly pointed out that many igbos migrated from the east after the war. The western govt had mostly free education, free healthcare amongst others and the increase in population only made the task more difficult and complex. This is a little different from a welfarist govt which I never made mention of; but you ofcourse need a rope to tie your tirade on. Fourthly, I made the point of migration, not to disparage, but to point out the significance of a sudden surge in resident population and its effect on planning; and to also clarify that these are areas that the east need to discuss as they do not have the infrastructure to take care of that at the moment. The migration of people into abuja isn't as sharp as the post war times, and even with intense govt input, abuja is still trying to grapple with population control in city planning. Finally, I disagreed with chino for saying the anambra resident population is up to 10million, because if you have that, it would have easily put a strain on all your infrastructure and that would have become the main issue for the state. Indeed, if the population of anambra increases to 10million today, the state would be dealing with its own version of population control vis-a-vis infrastructure. See. I don't know you and my posts including this response is not actually for you. Some others can read this with a clearer head and have decent discussion. My last post on this thread. Thanks. |
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Unfortunately countries like Nigeria will always be subject to other countries more organised with well thought out plans for their citizens. I heard from a good source that most of the Chinese workers posted outside the country especially via construction works were ex convicts. They are given a new lease of life in another country, they get lesser pay too because they may be paying for their incarceration time too partly. |
What is the ingenuity in the nike logo op? |
InyinyaAgbaOku: My friend, you have said a lot of rubbish already, for the day.You have a right to your opinion bro. |
^^^^ If you wanted further explanation, a simple question along that line would have sufficed. |
InyinyaAgbaOku: This shows you don't know anything. Anambra is more populated than enuguYour response however shows you lack understanding. Pls read my post again and this time, patiently digest to get the information you require. |
Jegede was one of the girls in tuface's Africa Queen video. She was also in the Ego video by this former soundcity presenter... cant remember his name now. |
oneeast3: You got it all wrong on the resident population. Anambra is the most cosmopolitan state in the SE today. Am very much aware that resident population in Anambra will not be anything less than 7million if not up to 10million today. Yes, I mean resident population including visitors and their host. Just like Lagos or Rivers economy is not dominated by only Lagos indigenes or Rivers indigenes, it is the same way Anambra economy is not dominated by only Anambrans only, though they own good proportion of it. The population has even grown bigger due to returnees from the north and other parts of the country where where there is Boko Haram menace.I seriously doubt your population theory chino. Anambra, compared Enugu for instance is not even yet ready for an upsurge in resident population. Not at present. |
Handsomegod: @Semitunde. Nice points you have there even as I beg to differ on some points.Anytime you are tempted to conduct a comparative analysis between the east and other regions,never forget that just barely 4 decades ago,that region was a pile of rubbles and a wasteland ravaged by missiles and on the throes of human and material waste after the civil war. Aside Animal husbandry,specifically cattle rearing,the east has the potentialities to sustain itself in food production.I recall my Dad telling me about M.I Okpara's agric revolution via farm serllement schemes.And specifically,the faculty of Agriculture in UNN once supplied all the chicken protein consumed in the entire region.Ebonyi state alone is an sleeping sub-regional food hub. The difference between Onitsha and Aba from Kano,Lagos and PH is that while the latter cities draw their strenghts from Govt intervention and interplay of centripedal and centrifugal forces,the two eastern cities where wholly indegenious: grown, built,sustained and developed by the sheer efforts of the locals.Lagos and co have all the full compliments of key governemnt investments that drive growth and development. Talking about a cordinated development plan anchored on the directives of a unified leadership,the little history I know so far showed that Igbos were never cordinated as such yet never lacked direction.The existence of a competve,individualistic yet communal worldview always provide a rallying/united point.Unfortunately,we always gloss over the effects of the civil war vis the current Igbo predicament.The war displaced the Igbos economically,destroyed the socio-cultural superstructure and the recovery has not been as fast as expected. The current rennaissance of Pan-Igboism is merely a gradual attempt to revival. I dare say that the focus of the different active state govts in the region(Anambra,Enugu,Imo and Abia) was on leveraging on their individual strenghts.Your postulations for a functional rail line is apt and long over due while I dare add that the existence of a functional seaport anywhere within 50 kilometers from either Onitsha or ABa will boost their potentials excessively. Damn any typo error too.Typing with phone+on my way to work.But there lies the advantage. You guys have the opportunity to actually rebuild using the most modern amenities without being pulled back by cultural or historical sentiments a la Ibadan. Most countries having the latest structures or amenities had to rebuild after a war like situation. Check them all out. I guess even some southwest states might be forcing the issue of burnt markets as means to an end. Its best to rebuild after ruin, it can be even cheaper than renovation/rehabilitation. The other regions may not have borne the brunt of the war like the east but they also became victims of immediate migration of easterners. This had impact on their social amenities, and for the west who were practicing a pseudo socialist type of government had to now take care of a lot more people on health, education etc; apart from maintaining roads more frequently and having to deal with more waste and refuse. II'm not sure the west actually succeeded in dealing effectively with that. The east have the opportunity to make all their social amenities of good quality and in good quantity enough to take care of Igbo and even other visitors and migrants to the east; if it hopes to have a sustained development. I'm into construction I know a thing or two about this. The roads in most pictures in the east are as good as the use, not yet due to the quality of the works done on it. It when you have trailers constantly plying roads made for keke napep and motorcycle that you'd know if your govt is serious or not. If they are going to make some roads just for private cars in an east where each man considers himself a big man might be a challenge. There's a case on the Lagos house of assembly about a man building a petroleum tank farm within Ikeja GRA!! You will have many of those to grapple with as many are used to exploiting infrastructure than maintaining them. I had said repeatedly that the biggest challenge for Igbo, asides getting a trusted leader is how to create an enabling environment to take care of a sudden surge in population. All aspects of governance, including policy making, will have to become sharper and more proactive. Many Igbo take this lightly. |
passion007: Yes, he is a refined gentleman through and through. Many Igbos are really like that, save for a few bad eggs who insist on giving the ethnic group a bad name. The typical Igbo is a bridge builder, constantly extending the proverbial handshake across the Niger.Thanks. Will take a look. |
fairheven: True talk! For sure we can be More humble,my Eastern brothers in particular an Nigerians at large(especially the three dominant tribes)it a well-knwn facts that the Jews controles American political,industrial,scientific and economic landscape,yet you will never hear them bragging about it..a. Friend was telling how most of the skyscrapers in wall-street and Manhattan are owned by Israelis who live in a self-contain in the same building,but one will never get to know if u are not told.I mean,nations are moving forward..Indian just became the only fourth nation to orbit the planet-Mars,an we are here beefing one another for no just cause,why can't we just grow up and work towards the development of every single zone of the country.humility in greatness :My exact thoughts |
For all who mentioned me. I've finished what I was trying to post earlier. Check my modified previous post. Its not an attack. Just private submissions. It should be viewed as such. |
BlackTechnology: Pls explain furtherI'm not an economist, I go by common sense and experience. The primary and most important factor in guaging economies intrinsically, is the living population. Living population isnclude humans, plants and animals(as farms or livestock). If you have these, you can not only grow an economy, you can more importantly, sustain it. Therefore all what intelligent economies do is to do what will make people come over. Or do things with their land to improve planting and rearing (basically). Dubai was built with the aim of attracting people to stay there on the short, medium to long term. To make this happen they used what they had, arid land and loads of money. Massive constructions, attracting thousands immediately, ensured the place would be needing everything we are discussing here immediately. But to make sure the projects were not pipe dreams after the constructions were over that needed to make sure those structure were put to use and /or continue building other structures. That is why Dubai is being sold as a tourist destination, probably harder that other places. They are still having their issues, many building s are still empty without buyers. Coming to anambra, I'm using anambra because chino had limited the scope-many indigenes don't stay at home. Nothing is really out of the ordinary that forces Igbo to actually go home. The east is not very strong on land availability so farming and livestock management is limited. What is left for its sustenance is its people, actually staying there. What can make people come and stay is continuous large scale industrialisation or large scale construction or large scale value chained agriculture. The last has limitations as I mentioned above but the first two are possible- with a unifying factor. Someone said the igbo are cuturaly and religiously homogeneous. I beg to disagree. Igbos are homogeneous only when expedient. The mist homogenous Igbo group is the individual family unit, every other group is an alliance of expedience. I know many will disagree and go emotional but looking in, that's the picture. The pull of whichever alliance an Igbo is in is quite strong as he tries to out his energy into the project. If Igbo can get a good leader to rally round- one trusted and respected by other ethnic groups, they will truly be unstoppable. Right now they are not decided yet or should I say, they don't have a clear thought out plan for sustainable development. Hotels and malls are good, but those are supposed to serve the people who are already attracted/attached to the place. Ibadan has all what anambra has but ibadan's selling point is its proximity to Lagos and a cheaper alternative. What does anambra have to sway a rich lagosian? Finally. Discussions I expect here include a high speed train connecting the east to the west and middle belt. So that it becomes easier to take a trip east for omugo or a fishing festival. To take electronic locally made aba shoes to the north etc. The best bet for a sustainable east is in coorooration with other parts, through an articulate trusted intelligent leader. Shalom PS. Typing from a phone. Excuse any errors. |
Painful to say, but from the way that building collapsed, and knowing that it had an existing building there until other floors were added; I won't rule out a controlled demolition. Normally it should have shown signs and not just give way to a sudden failure like a building with fresh concrete. |
oneeast3: Nah! Anambra's economy is not a seasonal one, it can be for such other civil servant's states but not Anambra..If I'm to be brutally frank with you I'd say your submission is at best motivational, which isn't bad. But in the face of real facts, including proper indices of guaging an economy; Anambra won't be third after Lagos and kano. If all their plans work out positively, and without corruption, maybe in say 10years. Its not a sprint bro. Even Dubai with all their money are still struggling to make it a dominant economy and a tourist destination. You don't have their kinda money nor their common unifying factor- religion. |
oneeast3: Yes Anambra is hosting the world because of huge presence of multinational and national companies springing up in the state from Sabmiller to Distell to Orient Petroleum to Coched farms to Innoson plant to Krisoral group to Orange drugs etc. and so many other of such companies. This also entails the need for the 3 world class shopping centers under construction for the investors, visitors and residents alike..Are you sure? These things can be inferred from the population of people resident in the state. And while the Christmas period can be a boom period, with people coming home (something that is gradually reducing if you've noticed); the population of people at Christmas period can't take care of business for the whole year. So yes, you do need to have something like the nollywood village film/music festival consistently to attract those who do business or stay outside your domain. Also remember, that what you have there can be found in other places in the country, probably with even better incentives. Checkmating that should be part of you plans. |
Dibiachukwu: My problem, Igbo unemployment issue is very complex given that there are small businesses here and there; everywhere in Igboland. Solving this problem needs a proper economic technician. Igbos have the capital floating around and wasting. What we need is a trustworthy, respect commanding leadership. We lack leadership. All igbo leaders are sellouts. When want to talk economy in Igboland. I will go the way of strong banks. State owned. Bond and shares selling. Encouraging igbos to bank with these banks. Responsible mortgage and lending scheme. None of them have thought of this. They are busy riding bicycle accross our dirt filled streets and gutters.I have to agree that Igbo don't have the kind of leaders that they need or want. The political climate presently witnessed will make such a person even more difficult to find. This dispensation is tainted with religious and tribal paints. The right leader in the wrong camp will be deemed a wrong leader. I believe Igbo philosophically are individualistic and are also capitalist in nature, as against Yoruba who are more communal and with a more socialist bent. Understanding this will be go along way in helping any Igbo leader in managing igbo affairs and also positively impact on his strategy for dealing with yorubas and other non-Igbo economically. |
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