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What you can get for 100 Billion Zimbabwe Dollars.

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Prolonged wearing of high heels can cause a permanent damages like bunions, hammertoes, leg tendons.. This are mainly caused due to pressure on ball of the foot. The higher the heels, the greater is the pressure. This can also affect the knee and back.So on wearing high heels continuously you are increasingly damaging you feet.If you love your health be cautious
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A fortnight ago, the Palace of the Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi was gutted by fire. Although the fire started at about 6 am on January 8, 2013 it was reported to have raged uncontrollably before the arrival of fire fighters an hour later. In the process, the inferno destroyed about 21 rooms in the ancient palace.

Although no life was lost, the damage to the palace is said to be extensive.

I wish to join other concerned Nigerians in sympathising with the Alafin of Oyo over the unfortunate incident.

However, Oba Adeyemi is indeed lucky that a more beautiful and befitting palace will emerge from the rubble as both the Federal Government and the Oyo State Government as well as some political leaders have pledged to rebuild the burnt palace.

While the official undertaking to rebuild the palace is a demonstration of sensitivity on the part of the Government the lessons from the fire incident should not be lost on Nigerians. Since the early morning conflagration resulted from a power surge, according to palace sources, the Oyo State Government should direct the Ministry of Justice to sue the Power Holding Company of Nigeria for negligence.

There are cases recently decided by our courts where PHCN has been made to pay colossal monetary damages in similar circumstances.

As the fire brigade office is a stone's throw from the Alafin's palace in the ancient town of Oyo the late arrival of the fire fighters should be investigated. The criminal negligence displayed by the fire fighters in the circumstance should be taken up by the Oyo State Government to serve as a deterrent to other disaster management agencies.

It is pertinent to state that in a capitalist society the Government has no business rebuilding burnt which were not insured due to the carelessness of the owners. Instead of channelling public funds to rebuild the burnt houses of the rich and well connected individuals Governments should ensure that all public buildings and places of monuments are insured. The other a former head of government was singing and dancing when his mansion was on fire. He did not hesitate to announce to all and sundry that the edifice was going to be rebuilt with public funds! If the practice of assisting a few people to rebuild their houses which are lost to fire is not discontinued forthwith the Governments may soon be compelled to compensate every victim of natural and man-made disasters. After all, all citizens are equal before the law and entitled to the same rights and privileges.

The Dynamic Tower of Dubai

The first moving building in the world will be built, where else, in Dubai, home to all the revolutionary architectural wonders in recent years. The Dynamic Tower will be made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments rotating around acentral column, withthe help of 79 giant wind turbines placed between the floors. The 420 meters-long building will never look the same, not once in a lifetime, the apartments will be able to spin 360 degrees, giving the tower a different look every time.

Some facts about Tigers

1) The night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans.

2) The stripes on each tiger are unique, like human fingerprints.

3) Tigers do not normally roar at other animals, but instead they roar to communicate with far-off tigers. A tiger about to attack will therefore not roar, but might hiss and fuff instead.

4) Tigers can bite through bones with their powerful teeth and jaws. They will break the neck vertebrae of prey simply by biting straight through them.

5) A group of tigers is called an ambush or a streak

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25 abbreviations you must know about


An abbreviation is an easier and short way of writing a word or phrase. It may consist of 1 or more letters. There are dozens of abbreviations which we use on daily basis but very less people know their actual meanings.

In this post, we have tried to list all those abbreviations which we use in our daily life.

FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

QED: Quite Easily Done

N.A. : Not Available

TBC: To Be Confirmed

RSVP: Répondez S’il Vous Plaît (French for please reply.)

BTW: By The Way

FYI: For Your Information

FYA: For Your Attention

BYE: Be with You Every time

TEA: Taste and Energy Admitted

DATE: Day And Time Evolution

NEWS: North East West South

SMS: Short Messaging Service

TMS: Text Messaging Service

ETC: Etcetera (Used to mention the continuation of a specific list)

EG: Exempli Gratia (Latin word for “For Example”)

IE: Id Est (Latin word for “that is”)

BP: Blood Pressure

CEO: Chief Executive Officer

GM: General Manager

MD: Managing Director

Here are some abbreviations for internet geeks too.

LOL: Laughing Out Loud

BRB: Be Right Back

TY: Thank You

ASL: Age Sex Location

USB Mini Fridge

You can keep a cool beverage ready to drink at all times. A built-in cooling plate quickly drops to its lowest operating temperature within five minutes after being plugged in. It works with any computer operating system and does not require batteries. Simply plug the USB port in, insert your canned drink and enjoy! . Price = 20$ to 30$.

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Could you live in a cylinder? ‘Roll It’ is an experiment in low-cost housing. It was designed and built by collaborative teams at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. Comprised of three independent cylinders, the unit is a dwelling with a bed/sitting/study area, an exercise 'room' and a kitchen. The bathroom facilities will be communal.

7 Dangerous acts after a meal

1. Don’t smoke —- Experiments from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher)

2. Don’t eat fruits immediately — Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Thre fore take fruits 1 -2 hours after meal or 1 hour before meal.

3. Don’t drink tea—— Because tea leaves contain ahigh content of acid. This substance will cause the protein content in the food we consume to be hundred thus difficult to digest.

4. Don’t loosen your belt———- Loosening the belt after meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted and blocked.

5. Don’t bathe———- ——- Bathing after meal will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs and body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease, this will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

6. Don’t walk about———- — People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

7. Don’t sleep immediately—- ——– The food we intake will not be to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric and infection in our intestine.

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PTB is into real estate and the funding is from the banks especially Skye Bank. FYI he doesn't live on church funds. He's shown in one of his sermon letter of offer to bank facilities from these banks. You can investigate on this claim if you like. Don't judge people by what you feel or heard from others. Latter Rain Assembly population is under 4000 members with not a single branch anywhere. So how could such few members raise that amount in question only for the pastor and won't ask questions.

alabiyemmy: There is an existing 5 pages thread on this topic already.

Like I said, I copied it. I never knew such thread already exists. The moderator can remove it. Thanks

[quote author=alabiyemmy]There is an existing 5 pages thread on this topic already.[/quote


Like I said, I copied it. I never knew such thread already exists. The moderator can remove it. Thanks

I copied this from a friend's page on Facebook. I can't ascertain if he's the originator but found it interesting. Enjoy.

1-She is older than President Goodluck Jonathan. Okay, calm down, not what you are thinking. She was born in Port Harcourt on the 25th October 1957 while the don himself was born on 20th November, 1957. Ok, just like a month. 2. She holds a National Certificate of Education (NCE) in Mathematics & Biology from the Rivers State College of Education and later bagged a degree from University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Biology & Psychology. She passed WASSCE in 1980, long before many of her haters were born. Ok, no lele. Let’s ride on. 3. Although she started out as a teacher at Stella Maris College in Port Harcourt (HajMari, where are you o?), she later veered briefly into the banking sector, establishing Akpo Community Bank in 1997, the first of its kind in Port Harcourt, and later served as the Marketing Manager of Imieto Community Bank. 4. According to Baridah Job Karabah, a former houseboy, her nickname back in the days was ‘Mama Ice Cream’ (and that of the President was simply ‘Oga Joe’ ). Ice cream ke? Yes, and that was because she used to cool (abi na freeze…lol) ice cream in her large deep freezers. The ice cream is then later distributed for sale. He says business was ‘booming’ for her then. President Jonathan was at that time, a senior lecturer at the Rivers State College of Education. And yes, she had a poultry too at the same time. Quite industrious I’d say. 5. In September 2012, she was awarded a honorary degree by the Delta State University, Abraka despite the fact that she was not in the country at that time. She was said to have gone to Germany but she denied going there for any treatment. Worefa. 6. She hails from Oba-Ama Community in Okrika, a port town in Rivers State. It is known as a base for the sale of second-hand clothes, and the name Okrika for those of us very familiar with ‘Bend Down Select’ and ‘Tokunbo’ clothes is an attestation to that. Omo, I can never forget the delightful smell of Okrika clothes…lol! The belief then, and even maybe now is that they are even better than ‘original’ and brand new clothes. Next! 7. Her maiden name is OBA. As in, she was once Miss Patience Oba. 8. Miss Oba later met her lecturer while she was a student at the Rivers State College of Education (now Rivers State University of Education, Rumuolumeni). Her lecturer then was with the Department of Biological Sciences (he taught her biology, oh, I love that course die! Don’t ask me why!), and one thing led to the other, they both fell in love. Today, the rest is history and that Mr. Lecturer of yesterday now rules the most populous black nation on earth. You still don’t know him? Go get yourself a black fedora hat! Hear her: ”We first met at the Rivers State College of Education, Port Harcourt where I was a student. He was my Biology lecturer.Later; he left for university of Port Harcourt to pursue his PhD. We met again at the University of Port Harcourt when I went for undergraduate degree. That was where our relationship began. He took interest in me because I was a brilliant and smart student. It was love at first sight on his part. But it never crossed my mind that it would lead to a serious relationship. My first impression of him was ‘this tall, dark, hansome young man”. Further interaction with him also revealed that he came from a good Christian home just like I did. His humble and gentle disposition caught my attention and most importantly, his intelligence.” 9. She says she still cooks for her husband and even goes to Utako Market (Abuja people, wey una dey?) to buy ingredients for soup. O ga ju! 10. Her hobbies? You bet! Reading, writing, travelling and oh yeah, swimming! 11. She holds many traditional titles, some of which are: -Odadigba of Otuoke Kingdom, meaning the Ladder of Success. -Unume Wheshi Ekpeye 1 of Ekpeye Kingdom in Rivers State. -Yeye Obateru of Owu Kingdom, Ogun State, means the Wife of He Who Shares the King’s Burden. -Yeye Ohun Orun of the Source of Ife Kingdom, Osun State, meaning the Wife of the Voice of the Heavens. -Ada Di Oha Mma of Ukpo Kingdom (Daughter of the People of Ukpo). Okay, I think that is enough for now. Nigerians and titles sha. 12. She bears the title ‘Dame’ as she was honoured with the Knighthood of the Anglican Church. 13. Her marriage with the President is blessed with two children: a cheeky boy, Ariwera Adolphus Jonathan and a beautiful girl, Aruabi Jonathan. 14. Like others before her, she also has a non-governmental organization, named the A. Aruera Reachout Foundation and is said to focus on the needy, the poor and the destitute, with particular emphasis on women and children. According to the Foundation, it has trained over 2,000 women in the last eight years. Some of the things her Foundation also did was to foot the N1.8 million naira bill for an operation in India for a girl with a hole in the heart (septal defect) and Jubril Mohammed Hussein, a 9-year-old boy who was also flown out for treatment for his heart disease. Zainab Musa Garba, a twin, was diagnosed with a heart condition and needed N3 million naira for treatment, the Dame also footed her bills. Zainab’s mother teaches at the Federal Government College, Maiduguri while the dad is a retired civil servant. That’s a good one or what do you think? Same goes for Tobi Peters, an 11-year-old boy, three-month-old Peculiar Owodu and others (now over 30 kids). Well, I had to point that out because Nigerians seem to be carried away by her speeches as if we are all professors of English ourselves. By the way, I am assuming that her Foundation derived its name from her two kids: ARU-abi and Ariw-ERA. At any rate, it’s an assumption. 15. She is currently engaged in a tussle with the former First Lady, Turai Yar’adua over a plot of land in the Federal Capital Territory. That’s what I call the vanity of power and inanity of authority. By the way, I promise to tell you the meaning of her middle name ‘Faka’ once I get it. I’ve been trying to, but nothing yet. Thanks for your time.

Ever since the departure of the Mo'Hit's man D'Banj I haven't noticed any hit song from the stable of MAVIN Records. Back in the days when I watch Nigeria Top music videos & music, 60/70% of top songs are from Mo'Hit's crew but lately they have been relegated to Lee's than 10% of the current top videos and hit tracks.
Is it that the music guru, Don Jazzy is taking his time in the studio or the absence of D'B is telling on the crew.

If you have anything contrary' let's hear it.

I have come to notice that parents do have favorite among their children. Oftentimes, dad's choice may be different from mum's. Could it be that the child so much resemble the individuals or the way of life of the child. I remember in my family, I am my dad's favorite while my broth is mum's. Though we are more than two. The truth is that they may treat all equally and pretended or act not to be noticed but one way or the other the truth will be revealed. Now that I have two sons, I have a favorite too but it's challenging managing it. Plays with one more than the other. Although there is a popular believe that daughters get attached to their dad more and vice versa the sons to mums.

What's your take on this and how can someone overcome it as a parent. Tell us if you are any of your parents favorite and how you got to know.

babyosisi: See ugliness bikonu
Na same mama born dem
Chei
How person go hire ikwikwi as house help
Thank God the madams kids are grown if not convulsions for don do them many things

I can't just stop laughing like hyena when I read this. Friends kept wondering what could be so funny.

Mobile Phone Farming, the Goodluck Jonathan Miracle by Abubakar S. Usman

Posted by abusidiq

Just when you are about to give him the benefit of doubt, President Goodluck Jonathan always come up with something new. He takes pleasure in providing his critics reasons to haul stones at him. For a president who promised to surprise Nigerians in 2013, starting the year with a lot of gaffes is definitely not a good not a good beginning, but those gaffes are nothing compared to what would seem as the latest in the series of pre-arranged scams his administration has penned down to perpetrate in office until we booth him out in 2015, God willing.

Just 3 days into 2013, the Jonathan administration commenced the unfolding of his baggage of surprises with a disclosure by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Ibukun Odusote that the administration has concluded plans to provide mobile phones worth about N60billion to 10 million rural farmers in the country. The basis of the policy as advanced posits that in the quest of the administration to make Nigeria self sufficient in food production, the government took the decision so as to enable the ministry of agriculture send sms on useful farming tips; such as when to plant, irrigate, harvest farm products, when and how to access fertilizers so as to maximise their yield on national food security.

In an economy where fundamental infrastructures like road, electricity, etc have been taken care of, one can pass the policy as a brilliant one, but not in a Nigeria where the least of the problem of farmers is a mobile phone.

Deploying Mobile phones in agriculture services and rural developments has proved to be very helpful in increasing the income of farmers, especially in rural areas. It has also helped to improve the efficiency of markets, reduce transaction costs, and offer a great opportunity for innovative interventions, especially in service delivery, but in order to realize the full potential of enhanced communication of market information, the use of mobiles must be coupled with additional investments (in roads, education, financial services, amongst many others). This is definitely not the case in Nigeria.

Am still wondering how exactly mobiles phone can assist rural farmers in a country like Nigeria where lack of investments in roads, education, financial services and so forth is complacent and am also concerned about how it can help the government in attaining self sufficiency in food production which the Jonathan’s administration claims as its priority.

With the identified positive impact that mobile phones have on farming and agriculture as a whole, how applicable is it within the Nigerian context? First, you would want to ask how the Ministry of Agriculture came about the 10 million rural farmers? Does it have a data base of farmers in Nigeria? What criteria did they use in selecting the 10 million rural farmers? Well, I am not privy to whatever information the ministry have at its disposal, but one thing is sure, my grandfather, a very rural farmer is not among the 10 million farmers. I doubt if there is even anybody in the corridors of power that realises he exist as a farmer, even though it is a vocation he has practised all his life.

Now to the basics. Majority, if not all of the rural farmers whom the phones will be provided for live in settlements where electricity does not exist. The government said in addition to the mobile phones, the farmers will also be provided with solar-powered lamps with which they could charge the cell phones, but this is not just wasteful but also unsustainable. Realising also that most of these settlements or villages don’t even have telcommunication services present in the area, the federal government said they are talking with the telecommunication service providers to go into the hinterlands and create and expand their networks so that farmers can have access.. What they failed to realise however is that these providers do not set up there services just anywhere because the government wants them to, they do so because they want to make profit. These two phenomenon leaves us with the challenge of how the farmers will use their phones to ccommunicate and power them for use.

There is also the issue of the literacy level of the rural farmers who are going to be the beneficiaries of the mobile phones. Since they said text messages are going to be sent to the farmers on what to do to improve their farm yields, the government is less concerned about how many of those farmers are literate enough to read whatever text message the ministry of agriculture will be sending.

Farmers are faced with the challenges of using modern farming equipments to go into mechanised farmings and boost their yields, but this has not got the attention of the government. Even at instances where farmers strive to make outputs with the use of primitive farming equipments, several other challenges like how this produce are stored, how they are transported even to the nearest market stares them in the face. In most of the rural areas in Nigeria, roads from farm settlements to other places especially markets are nothing to write home about. Farm goods are essentially transported primitively as they were produced because there are no inter-connected roads that are motorable from one village to another. What this means is that most goods, particularly the perishable ones are destroyed before they get to their destinations. To make matters worse, storage and processing facilities which would have helped to preserve these goods at least for a given period of time before they are finally transported are not available in those rural areas, the resultant effect is that huge amount of money which ought to accrue to the farmers from those produce are lost, with further effects noticeable in areas like job creation and empowerment.

Sadly, none of these is of concern to the government. What they are rather interested in are shot cuts that eventually leads to nowhere, except for the money that usually ends up in the pockets of individuals.

Even though I have stated the benefits of deploying mobile phones to boost agricutural production, and the needs for farmers to own one, not minding other challenges that stares them in the face, the government have absolutely no business in its provision. The N60 billion the government has planned to purchase the mobile phones for rural farmers will not add an inch to our sorry state of self sufficiency in food production in this present circumstance. Such money should rather be channeled into investments in agriculture which has tripple effects on the eventual output that are made in farming activities. Such investments will not only make farming lucrative, it will lead to the production of sufficient food for local consumption and even exports if need be.

N60 billion naira for example can be channelled into opening rural road that connect farmers from their farmlands to the market. Just as I was putting this piece together, I watch the Nigerian Televison Authority interview a rural farmer who specialises in the farming of onion. The farmer said he can prodcue 8 to 10 bags of onion per farming season, but because of distance and absence of market close to his farm. he has to keep them at home for family consuption because he cannot transport them to the market. How much of these onions do you think the farmer and his family members can consume? A large quantity of it will definitely be thrown away when they decay.

N60 billion can purchase a minimum of 1500 tractors which can be distributed to all the local government in the country so as to aid farmers in the cultivation of their farm lands rather than employing the use of the conventional hoe and cutlass that produces low output. N60 Billion can also go a long way in providing processing facilities in most of our rural areas, so that most of the perishable goods which ordinarily cannot be transported in its raw form can be processed into finished or semi-finished good to avoid loss. The government can do this by making the fund available to investors in form of equity contribution so as to encourage them to establish such processing centres close to areas where the produce are harvested. The government can use the money to provide storage facilities for the farmers so as to prolong the life span of the produce. Ultimately, the government can make the N60 billion it intends to use in importing mobile phones available as low interest loans to farmers through micro finance banks and co-operative societies with strict guidance on its application to ensure the effective utilisation of the fund for the required purpose.

All of these do not matter to the government. What is more important is how available money can be distributed among cronies under the guise of awarding contract to would be supplies of the phones. Suffix to add that most of these phones if they are eventually imported as we have been told may not even get to a large percentage of the would-be beneficiaries. After benefitting from the supposed importation of the phones, it is the same set of people that will pop up imaginary names of farmers whom the phones will be given to.

Our president has promised to surprise us in 2013 and given the record of lows that has come from his plans, policies and programme, Nigerians should only brace up for more heart breaking policies geared towards ‘transforming’ the country.

Abubakar Sidiq Usman is n Urban Planning consultant and an Active Citizen working towards a better Nigeria. His goal is to positively influence the way you think about everything in the society.

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Is Governor Fashola Becoming A Bad Governor? By Uzoma Ahamefule


How can Nigerians be governed with this high level of cruelty by means of obnoxious laws here and there? Why is it that laws are executed with the speed like that of an angry hunting lion when it has to do with the poor in this country but when it concerns the bigger criminals in the name of political leaders and elites every government begins to form committees that never find them guilty? Why this impunity of recklessness?

Why is it that Nigerian leaders at various levels are very insensitive to the cry of the people, but yet expect to win the war against crime and social vices? Objectively speaking, how can Nigeria’s “vision 2020” policy of being one of the world’s leading political and economical powers in 2020 be realized when average Nigerian citizens still live under $1 per day and their leaders do not see them as partners but rather treat issues concerning them like masters and slaves?

What have we Nigerians done wrong to our leaders?

Who is advising Governor Fashola with this heinous law to ban commercial motorcyclists popularly known as ’okadas’ in Lagos State without first of all honestly providing an alternative? This law is nasty and has got no human face. I was shocked and felt sick when I saw thousands destroyed motorcycles proudly displayed to news men/women as an achievement by the agents of Governor Fashola as ’okadas’ of those that failed the traffic laws. Oh, my heart bleeds! I do not know if Governor Fashola is aware that as his agents destroyed those thousands of 'okadas' that they also destroyed many homes, shattered many dreams, jeopardized the future of many children and created more hooligans and criminals.

By Nigerian standards of governance and development, Governor Fashola is one of the very few governors in Nigeria that I still respect and that is why I am making my stand known. Can somebody please tell Governor Fashola that he has at this juncture woefully failed the people because the reason of banning ‘okadas’ is shallow and laughable? If part of the reasons of banning commercial 'okada' operators was because many of the riders were engaged in nefarious activities with their ‘okadas’, can we now say because of some people that may be thieving politicians in Lagos State that we should stop having a government in the state?

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said that there are rogues and thieves at the National Assemblies. Can we now ban law making in Nigeria because of many of these merciless Nigerian law makers in the National Assemblies whose primary interests as evidence has shown have always been to increase their salaries without recourse to its effect on the nation and without plans to make laws that could rehabilitate the shameful health system in Nigeria or to build railways or undergrounds in order to make the everyday agony of life for poor Nigerians easier that ignited the 'okada' business? Can we say because there are too many air crashes in Nigeria due to the fact that a few individuals assigned with the responsibility to certify that planes are in very good conditions before they are put in use have collected bribes in order to allow coffins to airlift Nigerians ban the use of aircrafts? Or can we because of numerous motor accidents in Nigeria as a result of the failures of government at various levels ban the use of motors?

Governor Fashola said that it was because of many ‘okada’ accidents that made him ban commercial motorcyclists. What did he do to reduce the number of accidents before this unfounded action? Is it not the responsibility of every government to find out the causes of problems? Did Governor Fashola’s government try to find out why there were many 'okada' accident cases? Do the agents of the governor, ‘LASMA’ who is the body of the executioners of this unfriendly law have the ordinary alcohol testing instruments in order to examine and know who is driving under the influence of alcohol on Lagos roads especially when an accident occurs? Did the government of Governor Fashola provide standard traffic signs and speed limits on all the roads where he has banned ‘okadas’? Can Governor Fashola scientifically prove how many of these ’okada’ riders are qualified riders or that are mentally stable to use motorcycles?

Take sentiments and emotions away from the fact that there have been 'okada' accidents and ’okada’ related robberies and look at the issue critically. If Governor Fashola did not carry out all these vital elementary assignments, how sound would it be for him to stand up one morning and ban ‘okada’ operators? If Governor Fashola cannot comfortably provide answers to the aforementioned questions; can he now see that the people did not fail but rather the inability of the Lagos State government not to have thoroughly viewed the issue and come up with an impeccable solution that failed the masses? The social implication of this decision is devastating on the people and can never address the issue of accidents he raised until his government takes a very reasonable measure to control and discipline many Lagosians whom out of ignorance or stupidity have formed the habits of navigating bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles or motors under the heavy influence of alcohol, hard drugs or without licences.

What Lagos State government or other states where they have banned ’okadas’ should have done in this situation should have been to research first and then look for a fair and logical method of arriving at a resolution that should not be more harmful to the society than the problem/s they were trying to avoid after also due consideration that it was unemployment that led to the ’okada’ business in the first place. Because even up to the late 80s we did not have commercial ’okadas’, therefore, government agents should have figured out carefully on how a few miscreants in their midst should have been identified and dealt with accordingly without raising tension instead of this indiscriminate ban.

If Governor Fashola continues to refuse to reverse this anti-masses law, the governor may have indirectly advocated that Nigerian banks should be closed because there are some bank managers who cooperate with fraudsters to steal millions or some workers of some banks who work with criminals by informing them when, where and how to break their banks and steal monies. If this obnoxious law is allowed to stand, Governor Fashola has equally advocated that the Nigeria police should be closed because there are many criminals and bribe takers in their midst whose work also has been to gather false evidences against helpless poor Nigerians. Some Nigerian military men/women have been dismissed from service, charged to court and found guilty as criminals. Consequently, the military should also be scraped in Nigeria because they are equally a failure since some of them supply sophisticated arms to armed robbers to kill and wreak havoc on Nigerians in the night in return for money while some of them have been accused to be sponsors, informants and trainers of Boko Haram.

I feel pained to see that Governor Fashola has quickly started to play over our collective intelligence with a massive campaign that since the ban of commercial ‘okadas’ that the number of accidents has reduced in Lagos State, but decided to remain silent whether crime reduced or increased.

Governor Fashola, do not forget that directly or indirectly you used the same ’okada’ people during your election campaign for votes. Why did you not ban 'okadas' before the 2011 election? Contrarily you made a law for all 'okada' riders and their passengers to be within certain safety standards before they could operate in Lagos State? Could that law have been a mistake on the side of your government or a calculated attempt to deceptively win the confidence and the vote of the 'okada' riders? Most of the 'okada' riders who bought their motorcycles under credit or ‘higher purchase’ borrowed money to comply to your order and now that you are comfortably sitting as the executive governor of Lagos State not only that you have stopped their source of daily bread but have also destroyed their production companies ('okadas') leaving them to gnash their teeth in pains and agony without anybody to turn to.

Because in Nigeria everything is possible, therefore, dear Governor Fashola, could it be that the idea of safety gadgets was not well thought of when you came up with the policy or that some people in your cabinet could have imported helmets without your knowledge and had mounted pressure for the implementation of the helmet law through advice so that their business could flourish? And now, perhaps the business of helmets seems no longer lucrative they have again channeled their deceptive policy somewhere and ‘okada’ operators and their families can go to hell.

Dear Governor Fashola, this is a message from your fellow governor who also happens to be in the same party “ACN” like you, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State , “I think it’s, for me, a class issue and I belong to the working class, so I cannot ban ‘okada’. First, I believe that ‘okada’ is a response to certain deficit in our intra-urban transportation system. From the 60s to the 70s to the 80s, we never had ‘okada’. If you ask a lady to take a ride on a motorbike it was like a taboo. Now it has became fashionable to have a woman and two children on top of a bike. It is not a culture choice. It is as a result of deficit in our intra-city transportation system.”

Dear Governor Fashola, I appeal to you like many others to please reverse this policy because a good leader must have good listening ears. Do not allow us to begin to compare you with the worst governor in Nigeria , Dr. T. A. Orji of Abia State who has unnecessarily channeled all his energy in social attacks against Dr. Orji Uzo Kalu instead of working for Abians.

A governor that one of his best achievements so far was the sacking of all non indigene workers from other eastern states because of bad advisers should not be the kind of governor we should compare Governor Fashola with. One hopes that Governor Fashola is not taking this direction and is listening to the voice of reason.

The ban of ‘okadas’ from Delta State to Lagos State or anywhere in Nigeria under any guise is an economic murder on the part of the poor masses. However, if Governor Fashola insists not to heed to the plea of the people, well, we will grudgingly and helplessly succumb to his wish, but he should understand that he has only used his position and might against us but has not won our respect and that a day shall come when Lagosians will remind him this issue like the way Nigerians have kept on reminding IBB the annulment of June 12 that has irredeemably murdered his political return to ‘Aso Rock’.

May God bless Governor Fashola, bless Lagos State and bless Nigeria!

Uzoma Ahamefule
A patriotic concerned citizen writes from Vienna, Austria
uzomaah@yahoo.com


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I guess that picture must have bn taken a year or more ago. I was still infront of the edifice last week. All fenced with giant and beautiful gate. Like the op mentioned, that pix is just like a quarter of what the entire compound enclosed. Money is good.

SELFLESS LOVE...

My wife called, 'How long will you be with that newspaper? Will you
come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?

I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter,
Stella, looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of
her was a bowl filled to its brim with Beans. Stella is a nice child,
quite
intelligent for her age.

I cleared my throat and picked up the bowl. Just for Dad's sake, dear'.

Stella softened a bit,'Ok, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls,
but the whole lot of this.
But, you should...' Stella hesitated. 'Dad, if I eat this entire beans,
will you give me whatever I ask for?'

'Promise'. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with
mine, and clinched the deal. Now I became a bit anxious. 'Stella, dear,
you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items.
Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?'

'No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive'. Slowly and painfully, she
finished eating the whole quantity. I was silently angry with my wife and
my mother for forcing my child to eat something that she detested.

'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her demand.

'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved off?
Impossible!'

'Never in our family!' My mother rasped. 'She has been watching too
much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV
programs!'

'Stella, darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad
seeing you with a clean-shaven head.

'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that beans'.
Stella was in tears. 'And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for.
Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the story
of*
*King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honor our promises no
matter what?'

It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our promise must be kept.'

'Are you out of your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.

'No. If we go back on our promises, she will never learn to honour her
own. Stella, your wish will be fulfilled.'

With her head clean-shaven, Stella had a round-face, and her eyes
looked big and beautiful.

On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to
watch my hairless Stella walking towards her classroom. She turned around
and waved. I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy alighted from a car,
and shouted, 'steven, please wait for me!' What struck me was the
hairless head of that boy. 'May be, that is the in-stuff', I thought.

'Sir, your daughter Steven is great indeed!' Without introducing herself,
a lady got out of the car, and continued, 'that boy who is walking
along with your daughter is my son Harish. He is suffering from...
leukemia'. She paused to muffle her sobs. 'Harish could not attend the
school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his hair due to the
side effects of the chemotherapy. He refused to come back to school fearing
the
unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates. Stella visited him last
week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue. But, I
never imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son!
Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as
your daughter.'

I stood transfixed and then, I wept. 'My little Angel, you are teaching me
how selfless real love is!'
The happiest people on this planet are not those who live on their own
terms but are those who change their terms for the ones whom they love !!*

In my church, Latter Rain Assembly, you are permitted to either wear your cap. BTW, If men are to remove their caps what happens to Bishops and the Pope.

You a meeting a lady for the first time at a lunch date. Only to show up with three other friends. Who told her the guy wants to celebrate his birthday or prepared to host more than his date. It happened to me once or twice. Just got pissed off.

It's often said one can track a blackberry phone through the PIN. I just want to know the best way to go about it. My wife's BB was snatched last week alongside her bag while on bike (okada). Your urgent contribution is welcomed.

Nice writeup. The lawyer, what is your submission on buying a plot of land from these estate developers around ofada/mowe. Is there any chance of being scammed too.