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[quote author=Mynd_44]Different strokes for different folks.

I used to stay in palmgroove and we have water supply from the state government. It is so stable, we did not have storage facilities. Where I stay now is far away from palmgroove but same thing. Water supply is constant.

The Lagos government is trying it's best but it can't do it all at once[/quote]You are a big fat LIAR!

1MCN: Am thinking it's too early to raise the victory song. My opinion would poll for Obiano but it's like the fans here are counting the chicks before they're hatched. Dora was leading in the preliminary results been bandied about in 2011 Senatorial contest until the tide turned. Just a reminder.

APGA has already won 16 of the 21 LGAs. The remaining result is inconsequential.

They are going to spend a long time in Jail for this one and their father will go in for it after he leaves government house.

It’s been five years since Mr. Simeon Bolarinwa and his family moved to Pero in Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State. Since then, he and his family have had to solely rely on buying water for drinking and carrying out domestic chores.

But Bolarinwa said he became confused lately after noticing that the state government constantly supplies water to the lawns and flowers adorning Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, a short distance from his residence.

He said, “We don’t have water in my area, so we buy water all the time. Ten kegs of (bore hole) water cost us N50 and four bowls cost about N20, and that’s because we live directly across a water seller. Those who have to buy water from the peddlers spend a lot more. The price also varies when there is power outage because the water seller will say he has to power his pumping machine with a generator and fuel costs money.

“During the rainy season, we pray it rains because we won’t have to buy water since rainwater is from God. We’re truly lucky to have someone selling water close to us. It’s just strange that people don’t have water to use, yet the same government is able to provide water for the grasses and flowers of Lagos.”

Lagos State is going greener with its landscaping programme at roundabouts, open spaces and loops, however; some residents of the state would die to get the water used daily to wet lawns, gardens and flowers.

“Government finds it difficult to provide water for human beings but easy to wet plants. If government can construct boreholes to supply water to plants, then it shouldn’t be difficult for the same government to construct boreholes in areas that do not have water, even if it will be one borehole per street,” Bolarinwa added.

Investigation shows that many residents of Lagos, particularly in Agege, Alimosho and Bariga local government areas and the outlying areas of the state, lack access to public water supply. Therefore, they rely mostly on borehole water being sold to them, which is usually not potable.

In the affected areas, some landlords take up the responsibility of providing boreholes for occupants of buildings inhabited by medium and high-income earners, However, some residents are not as lucky, particularly occupants of the more predominant Brazilian style buildings, popularly known as face-me-I-face-you. Such buildings hardly have wells and boreholes.

For instance, a junior secondary school student in Agege, Funmilayo Raji, wakes up early to fetch water for the family from the end of her street, to have a realistic chance of making it to school on time.

She said, “If I don’t go to fetch early, I may meet more people there, so I usually wake up by 5am on school days. It’s worse during dry season when the queues are long and we have to struggle to buy water. Some people ask truck pushers to bring the water for them but then, it will cost more.”

Another resident of Agege, Abiodun Okanlawon, said he had been buying water since he moved to the area three years ago. Okanlawon had been buying from water peddlers, so he had been spending more than Bolarinwa to get water.

He said, “We buy kegs of water that we use for washing and we buy bags of sachet water or bottled water for drinking. I buy ten kegs for N150 and it hardly lasts me for four days if I have to wash clothes with it. I usually need another N80 for a bag of sachet water per week. Water is very essential; that’s why many people are going into the business of selling water.”

But in contrast, lawns and parks in public areas in the state have continued to receive constant supply of water as part of government’s environmental beautification exercise. Such areas that have benefited from the landscaping and beautification projects include Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way, Alausa; Funsho Williams Park at Costain Roundabout, Iganmu; Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way; and Gani Fawenhimi Freedom Park and MKO Abiola Park, both at Ojota.

Others include Kudirat Abiola Cenotaph near 7-Up, by old Lagos Toll Gate and the median from the old Toll Gate to Oworonshoki, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Interestingly, the state beautification projects have become the envy of many residents of Bariga too.

A resident of Odunsi Street in Bariga, Mrs. Lovelyn Johnson, estimated that 99 per cent of residents in the area lacked access to clean water, whether public or private.

Johnson said a few houses in the area used to have privately-dug wells, but that many of such wells had made way for road construction projects.

She said, “In my case, I spend up to N200 everyday to buy water. My family and I don’t mind, so we drink the water. I don’t bother to spend money on bottled or sachet water again.”

Also, Mrs. Falilat Adeyemi added that she and four family members had been using an average of N100 worth of water each day since her neighbour’s well gave way to a road renovation.

She said, “We’ve never had a well or government water supply but we used to fetch water from our neighbour who had a well. But the well was demolished during a road expansion project about a year ago. Now we buy water like everyone else.”

The business of selling water is one thing the residents of Agege and Bariga seem to have in common. With the water challenges confronting the two areas, some streets have up to four water sellers.

These business owners construct boreholes and achieve two objectives; selling water to their neighbours, thus making money and servicing a vital need.

Sunday Oshibajo, who manages the business for his family in Agege, however, said that profit had reduced because of the proliferation of the business in the area.

Oshibajo said profit varied from one time of the year to another and also from one season to season.

He said, “Before, we used to be the only one around selling water and there were so many people coming to buy water, but today, we are four on this street (Ajigbotinu)alone.

“We sell more on Saturdays and Sundays than on any other day of the week because more people are at home during the weekend to use water. Sometimes, we make about N1,000 profit daily and sometimes, it could be more. We’re like wholesalers; the people that make more money selling water are the peddlers.”

The water peddlers are often seen with their carts, which can lift up to ten kegs of water at a time. They buy 250 litres of water between N30 and N40, depending on the availability of electricity.

However, water peddlers sell the volume of water they buy for about N40 to customers for between N120 and N200, depending on the distance travelled within the neighbourhood to reach customers.

A water peddler, who identified himself as Sanni, said he could make up to N5,000 selling to customers from house to house within the neighbourhood, on a busy day.

He said, “When there is business, like during the dry season, I make up to N5,000 a day but when there is no business, my profit reduces to about N1,000.”

Meanwhile, the lawns and flowers in public parks in various parts of the state continue to enjoy constant water supply.

A lawn-tender at a park at Ijora Olopa, who identified himself as Emmanuel, said he uses 20,000 litres of water daily to wet a stretch of about 200 metres lawn.

He said, “I wet twice a day normally using four 5,000- litre tanks of water. But during rainy season, sometimes I don’t need to do any wetting since it usually rains.

Another lawn-tender at Ikeja, who did not give his name, said he had been wetting the park every morning, using sprinklers.

The source said, “It is difficult to quantify the volume of water used because we use sprinklers. Our water doesn’t come from the state water corporation. Each park has its borehole, so the state is not supplying the water from one source.”

The Group Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Shayo Holloway, admitted that water supply in the state was inadequate but added that there were ongoing projects to ease the shortfall.

Holloway identified inadequate power supply and poor recovery of water rates from residents as some of the challenges affecting the corporation’s operations.

He said, “Water used by the Ministry of Environment to wet is not potable water. The ministry makes arrangement to source their water from boreholes and not from LWC. So, it’s not as if we are wasting potable water that could have been used to serve the public.

“Presently, we have a total of 2,400km of networks in Lagos State; that is the distance of Lagos to Kano and back. It may sound a lot in terms of the size of Lagos State but basically, that is still inadequate. For us to be able to cover the state adequately, we need about 6,600km. That is more than the distance of Lagos to London. The government is not unaware of this and a lot is presently being done to achieve that objective and that was why in 2010, Lagos State Water Corporation developed a Lagos water master plan.

“What it entails is growing capacity from the current 210million gallons per day to 745 million gallons per day by year 2020, when the population of Lagos is expected to hit 29 million.”

Holloway said the “ongoing construction of Adiyan water scheme phase 2 and the development of Yewa water scheme which will be sited in Badagry and cover the Lagos-Badagry corridor” would assist in alleviating some of the water challenges confronting residents.

He said, “We are finalising arrangements with the Federal Ministry of Works so that we can extend mains, water supply from the Adiyan source to Oworonshoki from the Bariga area. In the Bariga area, any street where there is no water supply should contact our toll number-08005246792837. We have also done extensive work in the Gbagada area, which is close to Bariga.

“We have network coverage in Agege which may not be adequate. However, work is still ongoing to extend mains and ensure that we are able to get water to virtually everybody. After the ongoing rehabilitation of iju and Adiyan schemes by December 2013, all the areas like Agege, Oshodi, where we recently completed mains extension and Bariga, will see good water delivery.

“We have got 48 mini water works all over the state to support these major water works. However, the major challenge these mini water works face is that of power supply from the national grid. In other words, on an average, they may get supply for about four hours or five hours and still be left with about 20 hours of operation.”


http://www.punchng.com/feature/we-dont-have-water-yet-lagos-govt-waters-flowers-residents/

The faction of the Governors forum led by Amaechi has ended their retreat in Sokoto.
The convener, SouthWestern governors called for state police.

Some Northern governors who were always opposed to the idea of state police has also joined the fray and are asking for state police.
It is noteworthy that only 9 governors and 4 deputies out of the 36 attended the retreat.
The governors neglected or refused to address the issue of local government autonomy,but are demanding more powers for themselves

It is also interesting to note that Gov Amaechi has never been able to call for a Govs meeting where majority of the governors attended. The highest number of governors and deputies that have attended his meetings so far is 16.


http://savannahreports.com/politics2/item/113-amaechis-govs-forum-hold-retreat-in-sokoto

Smelly broom!

Kumalayer: [color=#990000][/color] Ngige wont win,d igbo's are too gulible for him to win,i cant just imagine a situation where voters' card are sold for 2 thousands naira,i thought it was only in d north dat poverty reigns,i never knew it reign in Anambra to,ride on Apga you get the money to spend on voters card......i dont see Nigeria moving foward with people selling voters card like bean cake(AKARA)

If only you know how foolish you sound. These are the kind of statements you APC people say everyday and you still expect people to join you. Bigot like you. Shame on you.

Nonso Chris: what a tragedy for Ngige,they don obtain him o. Those two local govts are the core strengths of Ngige. They know people will be in their respective churches at that time. This is pure fraud.

Even if Ngige wins those 2 LGAs 100%, he cannot win the election. That is just 2 out of 21 LGAs.

obailala: Typical Nigerian mentality.. exact reason why we shall remain a third world slum village... because the irregularity favours you therefore it is right and every other party that cries out is foolish?...

..even INEC who is struggling against powers that be to conduct the election has accepted the exercise had some irregularities and has decided to conduct some polls tomorrow yet some morons come online and spew trash

Shut up my friend! Did the American elections not have irregularities? So why didnt they cancel it or why didnt the republicans reject it? Shameless APC sycophants claiming to love Nigeria. You power mongers will only win on NL. Inconsequential folks

Sammiejokes: sometimes am dumbfounded by the way Nigerians reason, A friend of my who is in Kenya presently just told me how kenyans are more sophisticated than an average Nigerian. the comments here shows why the country is in a big mess, just imagine peoples thinking. There is allegation of unfairness in the election and nobody is really concerned to know if its true or not. Sometimes I don't even know my purpose in this country. Is this even a country?

Please shove your allegation of unfairness where it belongs. Nobody cares! It isnt anything new. The foolish APC party has never accepted any result except they win. They are shameless losers

eluquenson: Report coming in now that many people were actually paid 1000naira to vote for a particular candidate.
Smh for people how they will never benefit from the dividend of this country when they have solely sold their right to the wrong people

Cry me a river! You people are too pathetic. As if Ngige was ever going to win an election in Anambra.

ogologodimkpa: we are very okay as we are than our future being mortgaged by Tinubu and our state being Islamised by APC.

Dont mind the illiterate! They hate us, yet they want our votes! Delusional fellow!

mascot87: Anambranians future is being rigged away and they are happy,what a pity

And you are Anambra's future abi? Deluded fellow. Please park well with your Tinubu-Boko Haram future joor! Adamu!

caseless: Ngige is leading!

Inside his room abi?

NEWISSUES is getting report that people are already celebrating in Onitsha that APGA has won the election as Chris Ngige, the gubernatoial candidate of the APC, is calling for the cancellation of the election. The Leadership newspaper reported:



“Though the result of the Anambra State gubernatorial election is still being awaited, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Chris Ngige has called for cancellation of the election.



Speaking to LEADERSHIP, the Director of Media and Communication of Ngige Campaign Organisation, Chief Charles Amilo accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conspiring with the ruling party in the state, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to rig the election in favour of the latter.



He alleged that the commission deliberately distributed voters materials late to areas considered as APC’s strong-hold just to short-change the party’s candidate.”



Election observers say the way the policemen were treated is unacceptable. “Most of the policemen were not given any money and some slept outside,” says an election observer. They commended the police for acting professionally.



On the restriction of Nasir El-Rufai to his hotel room, Governor Peter Obi said they are restrictions for movement for everybody. He said Nasir El-Rufai is looking for trouble where there is no trouble. He added that election in Anambra is for Anambra people, not for someone like Nasir El-Rufai. He said El-Rufai has never visited Anambra on any good day. He added that he cannot go to Katsina to observe election. “Anambra election is for Anambrarians,” Gov. Obi said.



APC are complaining that election were delayed in some areas, while in some areas, many people were disenfranchised, especially where APC have supporters.

http://www.newissuesmagazine.com/ngige-calls-cancellation-result-civil-society-complain-inecs-incompetence/

See NL peeps creating fake handles with Igbo names and posting to give the impression APC is leading.

You people have no shame. You think all these propaganda will change anything on the ground? Ngige can never win Anambra elections.

bishop4APC: I tell u bro. Even Jonathan was asking omisore what he has to campaign against Apc come 2014 but unfortunately for them, they have done nothing to show and convince pple of osun...longlife Apc.

See your picture bro!

samilo88: I opened d same link and saw it. Go soak your phone for water.

Dont mind the yeye guy joor! Na frustration dey cause am!

[quote author=Ngene-Ukwenu]Please stop lying! I just opened the punch, nothing like that mumu[/quote]Lying ke? You must be on cheap drugs. Can you not see the link? Adamu!

bishop4APC: Ngige is no more leading, he has won. Don't jst listen to those failures.

From the punch

The streets in Awka are getting busy as residents in the capital city are right now trooping out to celebrate the victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra guber polls.

The business people are gradually opening up shops, thereby defying the curfew order that should end by 10pm.

Before now, the PDP was in early lead.
November 16, 5:03 pm
Anambra election: Counting is ongoing

Ozioma Ubabukoh, Awka

Counting is ongoing in most of the polling booths and from our correspondent’s observation, the Peoples Democratic Party is leading.

The PDP and All Progressives Grand Alliance dominate the ballot papers, while supporters of the All Progressives Congress are still in shock.

http://www.punchng.com/news/anambra-2013-2/

validplanet: is APC truly leading as elrufai said?

For him Boko Haram mind!

egbaguy: Nasir El-Rufai
The APC situation room is well organized and
the results are coming in. APC is ahead of
APGA, PDP and Labour are out of the race....
12 minutes ago
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El Rufai and his fake results!

bishop4APC: he's only playing his game so as to ensure ther's no rigging even if d inec has dmind to rig wit this accusation, there shall be little or no rig.

Hahahahaha! Who needs rigging to beat a Yoruba party in Anambra? The guy has only conceeded defeat already because he can read the handwriting on the wall

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Anambra Decides: Ngige cries foul, passes vote of no confidence on REC

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Chris Ngige has passed vote of no confidence on state electoral commissioner, Prof Onukaogu.

http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/11/16/anambra-decides-ngige-cries-foul-passes-vote-of-no-confidence-on-rec/[/size]

braine: The margin is just insane• Up APC• Up Ngige•

You kids are too predictable!

[quote author=tpia@]Is there a reason why you are ranting like someone who just smoked a bad grade of drug?

Did your dealer shortchange you?[/quote]Tell us another story! Adamu!

funnyx: The person hiding under the protection of soldiers is the coward not the people bold enough to tongue lash him knowing fully well the amount of power he controls.

Shameless cowards and lilly livered folks! Make we hear word joor!

agbameta: Then stop comparing apples with oranges like the village dummy you really are...

You are free to troll as much as you want, but you did not answer my question..

Do you see NL folks, el rufai and other GEJ critics stopping and harassing GEJ's convoy or infringing on his movements anywhere in Nigeria?

No, becasue you people are cowards. You can only shout and hurl insults. Datz all! When they brought out only 5 soldiers at Ojota, you people retreated into your shells and abandoned your music jamboree. Very pathetic cowards and noise makers!

agbameta: Not that I expect a shallow and village barking bingo like you to perform above your predisposed low, demented village mentality and social norms, but do you see NL folks, el rufai and other GEJ critics stopping and harassing GEJ's convoy or infringing on his movements anywhere in Nigeria?

What nonsense are you posting? Can anyone do worse than the APC criminals have been doing for the last 3 years? Your hypocrisy is even worse than I thought! Because they didnt pick up stones to stone him abi? Next time!

honifome: we will invade Ondo after mimiko tenure.As you can see,he is in isolation among soutwest governors but Ondo state will join the kith and kin come 2016.As for lagosians,80 percent has pledged loyalty to APC and we will continue to ride on.We will kick the lonely party(LP) from ondo.

80 percent ke!

Stop smoking gum my friend!

[quote author=tpia@]they need to apologize for disrespecting him.

ki lo ma fa gbogbo oshi yen?

he is not their mate, that was totally unwarranted.

which kind yeye reason are you trying to proffer there?[/quote]He is not their mate? what nonsense! He is an iddiot governor. A failure masquerading as a performing governor. His antics have been found out! He is the hater of the masses. Tinubu's sidekick! Ole!