₦airaland Forum

bloggernaija: I am surprised that the state has not limited access to social services to indigens.
Lagos state cannot continue to foot the bill for the entire country .
THE SW wants to send are nationals on pilot training programs and foriegn scholarships as well.
We cannot continue to carry other laggard states/regions on our back.
Lagos as it is, has over 1500 primary/secondary public schools.
That number is more than the no of school in any region of the country .
Many of the students are not even nationals of the SW ,Benin Kingdom,Edo state or citizens of Dahomey.
It is high time something is done about this situation.
A start will be for the FG to start deducting a percentage if the allocation given to states and regions with excessive numbers of migrants and handing same to enburdened states like Lagos .
As at 1994 ,over 1000 people a day were trooping into our little small island.
Only God knows what the nos are now with the reeking stench of fresh air polluting the country right now.

ba7man: I believe there's a thread on Nairaland highlighting Oshiomole's works.

The last time i was in Benin, there were so many on-going projects there, there were major hold-ups everywhere. I can testify to that. I also saw the mass transit buses he introduced.

He can be counted as one of the few Governors who's presence could be felt in his State.

Don't try to downplay his efforts because he belongs to an opposition party.

ba7man: Well, how about the hundreds of Nigerian Politicians whose actions spell the same thing without them saying a word? We know they don't care, what have we done about it??

I was truely angry at Oshiomole's statement but in isolation, when you compare it to his performance as the State Governor, i can give him the benefit of a doubt.

Its the same way I'll cut the defenders of Stella Oduah some slack due to the fact that Enugu Airport gained international status under her watch was enough to turn them into her staunch supporters.

kel4soft: Setraco handling which section? Stop giving false news here. Arab contractors are the one handling the Owerri-Port Harcourt road. But, they are very slow. Meanwhile, the Port-Owerri section has been completed by setraco and was done wholly by the state government.

Error1: And he crucifies GEJ for stepping toes, abi.

cannonnier: i'm advicing gej to defect and get the auto ticket

gratiaeo: This tin you are smoking is very dangerous to your health better stop it or......

1wolex85: I can't hear all this pple saying that punch is a pro apc paper o! They are not saying it is a pro SW paper o!
When they bring out their report against oduah or any other igbo high ranking officials, PUNCH all of a sudden become liars. How come all these pple quoting punch now have not doubted the story one bit? If it is oduah now, punch na SW paper!
Hypocrites on the prowl!

Switch to where? NO, he is an APC memba; a 'Progressive' Gov, through and through. APC (esp d former ACN component) is well known for its INSENSIVITY to d very poor; and for their HYPOCRISY too. Or is it not APC (ati ACN) that owns Lagos- for over 14 years now?

-- The same Lagos with the Highest Tution/School Fees in any Govt University in Nigeria, raising it in one fell sweep by over 400% from about #50,000 to bw #250,000-#300,000 per session in its State University, driving away a large No of people who cud not afford about HALF A MILLION in a year to attend a School owned by a Govt they pay their taxes to (the next State Univs with high fees are are mostly in Osun, Oyo, Ogun, etc- All controlled by ACN);

-- The same Lagos with practically d Single most Expensive Bed costs in any Govt Hospital in Nigeria (again, recently increased);

-- Lagos State has just recently began a not too subtle policy that wud drive more Indigent people from Govt's Secondary and Primary Schools, under d pretence that Students Must score a Minimum of 50% in Maths and English Or they should withdraw from School;

-- Lagos, the State with the largest No of Toll Gates in d country (by far), where people are expected to pay Tolls (sometimes up to 4 in a relatively short State Road) even when they already built d road tru Govt tax money, Or where people even pay Tolls for Roads not yet completed;

-- Lagos State that has driven Millions of poor people (both individuals and whole families- and this is no Exaggeration) from their Livelihoods and from the State, on d pretence of sanitizing and cleaning up the State (not a very bad reason on its self ordinarily) WHILE Party bigwigs, led by His Imperial Majesty Emperor Tinubu, buy up spaces for Real Estate and other purposes.

And so on, and so forth.......

Sincere 9gerian: They'r working on the road but the problem is that work is very slow. It is no where the speed of work on other SURE-P protects. Also at the this rate, the projected 2014 completion date will be a mirage. Something has to be done to speed up work. I dont expect us to still be talking about Enugu-Onitsha road when the campaigns for 2015 elections begin

take dat: Do you have a proof to show that he 'insulted' the President? Why are folks like you interested in promoting this growing culture of intolerance, a culture where debates and dissents are frowned upon, a culture of concordance, a culture where second opinions are discouraged? We are no longer in a military era, and you should know that our democracy is evolving, more Nigerians are becoming aware of their right to express their views. Because OBJ who happened to be a militrician in agbada got away with illegalities does not mean GEJ should do the same, after all, he rode to power under the euphoria of transformation/fresh air.


Yes, it is morally binding on us all to respect the office of the president but I have not seen anywhere in the constitution where it is stated that, it is a criminal offense to insult the honor and prestige of the president. So on what legal basis was the man arrested supposing he insulted the president?

Jonathan voluntarily decided for vie for the presidency, no one forced him except for sycophants. Besides he is well renumerated/compensated for doing or not doing his job. The real people who gets insulted daily are the average Nigerians whose wealth/resources the killers of dreams and marauders of aspirations in government plunder and pillage on a daily basis, yet we(average Nigerians) have no SSS, EFCC or NPF to arrest them.

redcliff: THIS IS UTMOST BULL!@SHIT. Misplaced priorities once again. Where in the world is this done? IT doesnt Just make sense. Let the banks be banks and Let the ATMs be ATMs. LEt ID CARDS BE ID CARDS !!!!

Abagworo: Not really. What Jonathan and his wife have done in Rivers State is no different. Nigerians need to act accordingly in this Oshiomole's verbal abuse. I'll wait for Dino Melaye, Wole Soyinka and other civil right activists to make their comments or I'll end up assuming that the civil society have actually sold their conscience to APC. Ironically Oshiomole was a popular civil rights activist.

take dat: Forget any silly intelligence report. After the NEC meeting of ASUU, we were told that 60% of the striking lecturers/university chapters are in support of calling off the strike provided government is able to meet their new requests/conditions. So its public knowledge that ASUU is willing to call off the strike.

The FG is trying to employ the usual tactics of divide and conquer, the same tactic successive governments have used in dividing the people of Nigeria for their personal gains. So trying to break the ranks of ASUU or any other labor union is not new.

Why is government afraid to implement ASUU's new resolutions? The sack threat is a display of insensitivity and against the principle of public bargaining. ASUU already submitted the resolutions from their NEC meeting to the FG and they are waiting for a planned meeting with the President, so why is government after waiting for 5 months threatening to sack lecturers when the President is yet to grant them audience as promised? The biggest problem is that of heavy mistrust, ASUU is only being cautious by demanding that the President and top Government functionaries commit themselves to the new agreement in writing. ASUP and other bodies who called off their strikes are already issuing new ultimatums because the government is yet to fulfill the agreements made months after such were reached. I insist that Government is not a victim here and ASUU is not entirely right with her approach, display of brute force from government will not yield any positive result.

cumpaddre: Lemmie ask you a question bro, what if u wake up one day and you hear the news on the radio that GEJ has joined APC. What will you do?

adorable29: Hmmm, Oshobaba has broken my heart! Anyway, he is still the best governor we have had so far sha! *sigh*! I hope he apologises to the widow and maybe offer her a job! This is d era of social media and sometimes all it takes its a little sentimental outcry from the public for one's career to be over!!!

andyanders: I now know that Oshomole is a complete madman. No womb shall carry a child in his house and I hereby lay a curse on him and his entire house hold. All his female children shall turn widows and his male children shall never have a child or female child. May the cries of children born by women NEVER be heard in his entire house.

taharqa: Switch to where? NO, he is an APC memba; a 'Progressive' Gov, through and through. APC (esp d former ACN component) is well known for its INSENSIVITY to d very poor; and for their HYPOCRISY too. Or is it not APC (ati ACN) that owns Lagos- for over 14 years now? The same Lagos with the Highest Tution/School Fees in any Govt University in Nigeria, raising it in one fell sweep by over 400% from about #50,000 to bw #250,000-#300,000 per session in its State University, driving away a large No of people who cud not afford about HALF A MILLION in a year to attend a School owned by a Govt they pay their taxes to (the next State Univs with high fees are in Osun, Oyo, Ogun, etc- All controlled by ACN); The same Lagos with d Single Largest Bed costs in any Govt Hospital in Nigeria (again, recently increased); Lagos State has just recently began a not too subtle policy that wud drive more Indigent people from Govt's Secondary and Primary Schools, under d excuse that Students Must score a Minimum of 50% in Maths and English Or they should withdraw from School; Lagos, the State with the largest No of Toll Gates in d country (by far), where people are expected to pay Tolls (sometimes up to 4 in a short State Rd) even when they already built d road tru Govt tax money, Or where people even pay Tolls for Roads not yet completed; Lagos State that has driven Millions of poor people (both individuals and whole families- and this is no Exaggeration) from their Livelihoods and from the State, on d excuse of sanitazing and cleaning up the State (not a very bad reason) WHILE Party bigwips, led by His Imperial Majesty Emperor Tinubu, buy up spaces for Real Estate and other purposes. And so on, and so forth..... NO guy, Oshiomohle is very much at home. In APC/ACN. Infact, he is one of d top VP candidates, alongside Gen Buhari, another similar Character. #enjoy 'Progressivm', my Bruda....

ba7man: I think its time for Oshiomole to switch to PDP. At least he's been having meetings with them.

Ever since Dilliish (Big Brother) started paying him visits on his bill, "Irresponsibility" has been hovering around his name.

abdurrazaq: What terrorism are you blabbing about all around the forum. Can you put sentiment apart for some minutes and reason like a human that you are. The Nigerian FG is not to be trusted and, any reasonable person or group of persons dealing with it should do so with all forms of cautions at his/their disposal. The Federal Government is the one terrorising the masses/students as far as this face-off is concerned. Honour the agreement you entered into, that's all (in Shem Obafaiye's voice)

Arobam: Whether SURE P, Ministry of Works or Niger Delta Ministry, The common thread in all of these is that Jonathan is working and the roads are being repaired. That's all.