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The All Progressives Congress [APC], has reacted to criticisms by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] Charles Soludo, saying it would pursue massive job creation and inclusive development if it wins the February 14 poll.
This is unlike the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which insulted the former CBN boss for daring to question the basis on which President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking reelection.
Mr. Soludo had while evaluating the country’s economy under Mr. Jonathan, scored the administration an “F” on economic management, and suggested the Jonathan government is Nigeria’s worst in economic management.
Mr. Soludo said while Mr. Jonathan lacks achievements to point to, or clear future plans as he seeks re-election, his main challenger, the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, also lacks specific plans on how to salvage Nigeria’s economy should he win elections next month.
“My advice to President Jonathan and his handlers is to stop wasting their time trying to campaign on his job record. Those who have decided to vote for him will not do so because he has taken Nigeria to the moon. His record on the economy is a clear ‘F’ grade,” Mr. Soludo said.
“Everywhere else in the world, government performance on the economy is measured by some outcome variables such as: income (GDP growth rate), stability of prices (inflation and exchange rate), unemployment rate, poverty.”
In a swift response, the Director of Media and Publicity at the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, took Mr. Soludo to the cleaners for challenging the president’s economic policy.

While boasting about the country’s recent designation as the largest economy in Africa under Mr. Jonathan’s regime, Mr. Fani-Kayode said no right-thinking person would complain about such feat.
“Needless to say my friend and brother Charles Soludo is confused and conflicted. He seems to have lost touch with reality and this is what often happens when you spend too much time with the Buharists,” Mr. Fani-Kayode said.
After slamming the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, for lacking all the qualities in the book, the Jonathan campaign spokesperson went further to say that Mr. Soludo is ignorant and prayed for a time he would see the light.
“I respect Charles Soludo immensely but I believe that he got it quite wrong here. He is in error and he needs to sit up, reconsider his views and review his unsavoury and disrespectful contribution. To say that the president should not run in this election and that he should throw in the towel is absurd and self-deprecating,” Mr. Fani-Kayode continued.
“It is a manifestation of the morbid fear of failure and defeat that the leaders of the opposition are all suffering from. Whether Soludo and his friends like it or not, not only will President Goodluck Jonathan run in this election but he will also win and he will do so convincingly.”
But unlike Mr. Fani-Kayode, the Head, Policy, Research and Strategy Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kayode Fayemi, started by commending Mr. Soludo for contributing to the ongoing national debate.
Mr. Kayode said the APC agrees with the former CBN governor on the need for political parties to focus on issues that matter most to Nigerians including the country’s progress and the well being of its people.
He also noted that Mr. Soludo’s comments tallied with the concerns majority of Nigerians have expressed about the “incalculable damage” the Jonathan government had done to the country’s economy.
It, however, said its platform provides a real option to Nigerians who desire genuine change for the country.
“The APC does not intend to ride into power on a mere rhetoric of ‘change’. The change that we propose is fundamental in many ways as it is critical to the very survival of our country,” Mr. Fayemi said, unlike his PDP counterpart who derided the former CBN governor for highlighting the problems with Nigeria’s troubled economy.
“This in itself presents a major distinction between our party and the PDP. Perhaps, the most compelling argument against the People’s Democratic Party today is that its government and leadership do not even see that Nigeria is in trouble.
“While majority of our people wallow in abject poverty, and the gap in inequality gets ever wider by the day, yet PDP has basked in self-celebration of imagined accomplishments. How can a party or a government even begin to solve a problem that it does not believe exist? Like in all things, PDP is stuck in denial.”
Although the party said it does not promise an Eldorado, it maintains that its programmes are based on the critical awareness of the difficult task ahead, while holding out a ray of hope to the people.
“The promises that we make reflect our innermost belief that the people must be at the centre of development. Especially, we believe that any economic growth that leaves the majority of the people behind, and does not protect the weakest and the vulnerable among us, is merely delusional,” the party said.
It said the country’s unemployment rate of 23.9 percent points to a national crisis, saying the party will tackle unemployment and provide good jobs by embarking on a massive programme of public works, building houses, roads, railways, ports and energy plants.


It stated, “Over the long term, we believe we must wean Nigeria off its dangerous addiction to oil, which currently provides 80 percent of our spending, leaving us at the mercy of volatile international oil prices.
“Even as a federalist party, we believe that an economy that is dependent on a commodity that is so dangerously exposed to price volatility must always prepare for eventuality through savings and investments once the agreed thresholds are met.
“What we disagree with is the unilateral and arbitrary deductions in accruable revenues in a way that hampers the development of the federating States.”
Quoting official government statistics, the APC said the three states with the lowest unemployment rate – Osun, Lagos and Kwara – are under its control, noting that it policy thrust will create an enabling environment and incentives for formal and informal sectors to lead the job creation quest.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/175769-unlike-pdps-abusive-attack-apc-replies-soludo-civility.html

The APC Presidential Campaign said Tuesday that it has what it takes to tackle the problems of Nigeria as soon as it is elected into office while reacting to an article by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Prof.


image: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/images/stories/politics/Gov.%20Kayode%20Fayemi.jpg

The APC Presidential Campaign said Tuesday that it has what it takes to tackle the problems of Nigeria as soon as it is elected into office while reacting to an article by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

In his article, Soludo accused both the main opposition party and the ruling PDP of promising Nigerians Eldorado.

The APC campaign director of policy, research and strategy Dr Kayode Fayemi said in a statement that the APC’s programs are based on a critical awareness of the difficult task ahead, while holding out a ray of hope to Nigerians - many of whom have lost all hope after nearly 16 years of a PDP-led government.

“The promises we make reflect our conviction that the people must be at the centre of development,” Fayemi said.

"Any economic growth that leaves the majority of the people behind and does not protect the weakest and the vulnerable among us is merely delusionary,”‎ he said.‎

“Our party has identified job creation as a critical priority of government,” adding that "we have noted with concern that Nigeria’s unemployment rate of 23.9% should be seen as a national crisis.‎

"In the immediate future, our priority is to tackle unemployment and provide good jobs, by embarking on a massive programme of public works, building houses, roads, railways, ports and energy plants," he said.

He said over the long term, the APC intended to wean Nigeria off its dangerous addiction to oil which currently provides 80 percent of Nigeria’s spending, leaving the country at the mercy of volatile international oil prices.‎

He said the APC aims, as stated in the party’s policy document, to create an enabling environment and incentives for the formal and informal sectors to lead the quest for job creation.

“This will be done in addition to skills acquisition and enterprise training, to ensure our youths are equipped with the appropriate skills,” the former Ekiti State governor said.

“Merely introducing a National Qualification Standards would power a whole new world of opportunities for our artisans by launching them into the international job markets,” he said.

He listed high opportunity sectors that the APC will focus on to include agriculture, construction, entertainment, tourism, ICT and sports.‎

He reminded that while launching his campaign in January 2015, General Buhari said that his election would be an opportunity to "finally assemble a competent team of Nigerians to efficiently manage this country.”

“We want to assure Professor Soludo and other like-minded Nigerians that the APC policy team is looking at all the options – including the worst-case scenario of a completely empty treasury," he said.‎


Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/45454-we-know-how-to-fix-nigeria-buhari-campaign-replies-soludo#5TBEUVx7wm7qWei5.99

#HowToFixNigeria

If by 2019 Nigerians who are currently under 40 years old (and who are detribalised and selfless) are not able to wrest power from the 'usual suspects'. Nigeria's migration from third to first world nation may very well not take place before 2100

Migration from third to first world status CAN take place in a generation (33 years) with consistent committed selfless and visionary leadership (across party lines) propagating a POLICY MASTERPLAN that must be arrived at via extensive research and creative problems solving.

Nigeria's problems are more than 50 years old! The solutions to these problems are just as old.

A youth (36 years or less) will DV be 69 years old or less in 33 years, he or she will either be faced with a gargantuan mess of a nation or a country that is head and shoulders above most nations of the world.

Which would we rather have?

Dem no dey plant corn for morning harvest am for night, guys we've really really got to start thinking and doing.

Hon. Linus Okorie in response to BAT's criticism of the minister of state petroleum


“He is in the know that clear plans/policies, focused implementation and diligent monitoring systems are the basic parameters for productive governance.
"Can he, in clear conscience and at the risk of personal integrity, point to the PMB/APC policies on any sector of the economy, including the petroleum sector to 'support his confidence that President Buhari and this government can resolve the issues that press us? " he queried.

Be VERY conscious of what you tweet

Most times when you are faced with making a response count down from 10 to 1 (Ideally give it 15 minutes to consider the options)

Once it comes out the internet doesn't forget

Hon. Mrs Dabiri has had an illustrious carreer in Broadcasting and in the House of Assembly it is a shame that this will be sullied by a tactless response to a seemingly frustrated Nigerian Citizen.

Be careful! This could be you

May his soul rest in peace, amen

If by 2019 Nigerians who are currently under 40 years old (and who are detribalised and selfless) are not able to wrest power from the 'usual suspects'. Nigeria's migration from third to first world nation may very well not take place before 2100

Migration from third to first world status CAN take place in a generation (33 years) with consistent committed selfless and visionary leadership (across party lines).

A youth (36 years or less) will DV be 69 years old or less in 33 years, he or she will either be faced with a gargantuan mess of a nation or a country that is head and shoulders above most nations of the world.

Which would we rather have?

Dem no dey plant corn for morning harvest am for night, guys we've really really got to start thinking and doing.

The REAL cost of a deficit in VISIONARY leadership!!

And who better to 'weather' the storm of financial uncertainty than the corrupt or 'artificially' wealthy!

How does the President's economic policy help the man or woman on the street in the short and even long term?


If You are below 40 you should be palpably WORRIED about the DEFICIT in genuine Visionary and Altruistic Leadership.

This 'merry-go-round' won't work!!!

Where are the young vibrant visionary SELFLESS leaders?!!!

FOR alleged inhuman treatment of a Junior Secondary Two (JS II) pupil, Principal of Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School in Bariga, Lagos, Mrs C. O. Coker, Vice-Principal, Mrs Balogun and four teachers were yesterday removed by the government.

The teachers are Mr Bello (Mathematics), Mrs Tejumaye (English language), Mrs Omoge (Physic Education) and Mr Bakare (Economics).

Their removal followed the investigation into the flogging of the pupil, Ogechi Anyalewechi, on March 16 by the teachers on the principal’s instruction.

Lagos State Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Mrs Olabisi Ariyo said they were removed because of their complicity in the “assault saga”, adding: They will no longer work in the school from Thursday, March 24 (today)”.

Ogechi was flogged on her bare buttocks following an altercation with the school’s Head Girl.

The 14-year-old pupil got into trouble after slapping back the Head Girl, who reported her to the school.

Besides being caned, Ogechi was made to cut grass for over four hours.

Ogechi suffered body wounds and was taken to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.

When the incident became public, Commissioner for Youth and Social Development Princess Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf directed the Directorate of School Social Services of her ministry to probe it.


A fact-finding team led by a director, which visited the school, on Tuesday, indicted the principal and the teachers.


Yesterday, Oghechi, her parents, the headgirl, the principal and the teachers appeared before a panel chaired by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola. Mrs Ariyo was in attendance.

The head girl, it was learnt, confessed that she slapped Ogechi and apologised for her action.

According to Princess Akinbile-Yussuf, “the Director of the School Social Services on my instruction went to the school to carry out on the spot investigation following which all those involved including the principal, the head girl, Ogechi, her parents and Tutor-General of Education District 2, were on Wednesday March 23 (yesterday), invited before a panel chaired by Muri-Okunola and his education ministry counterpart, Mrs Ariyo was also there.

“The head girl confessed that she slapped Ogechi first and apologised to her for her improper behaviour. It was also confirmed that the principal subsequently instructed some teachers to give Ogechi about 12 strokes of the cane on her backside. The principal and teachers have since been removed and will now report at the Education District 2, while the assault victim and the erring head girl were appropriately counselled by the School Social Services Directorate on the proper way to conduct themselves in school.”

She added: “We have also instructed that the victim (Ogechi) should not be harassed or molested as she returns to the school to continue her studies and her parents were happy at the outcome of the intervention.

“However, the ministry shall henceforth step up the school social services to educate both students and teachers on the best conduct in school environment across all public schools in Lagos State.”

https://www.today.ng/news/national/96984/lagos-govt-removes-principal-deputy-four-teachers-for-assaulting-pupil

#CleanSweepBuhari

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday evening boasted that he could provide uninterrupted power supply to Lagos residents between six and eight months.

Fashola spoke at the commissioning of 8.5 megawatts Lekki Independent Power Project (IPP), the fifth of such power projects in the last five years in the state.

The governor said the addition of the Lekki IPP was a testament to the fact that stable power does not require rocket science to achieve in the country.

While challenging power distribution companies in the state, Fashola said, “Let the Eko DISCOs sign a contract with me, giving part of their concessioning to the state government, in about six to eight months, there will be power in all homes in Lagos State,” Fashola said.

He added, “So, let no one say that he has no money to deliver power for the entire country. This is the limit to which the law allows us to do, but we have done this to make a statement that power can be generated. So, when they come with lies that power is impossible, you can tell them that we have power here; we make it possible”.

The project, courtesy of the state government, in partnership with Heritage Bank, is to serve Lagos State Water Corporations in Lekki Phase 1, Oniru, Victoria Island and Ikoyi, as well as over 25km of public lightening in the Lekki axis.

Commissioning the project, Fashola said he felt fulfilled with the conduct of youths that delivered the project, despite the difficulties in getting to the finishing point.

He said it also showed that the money to improve the Nigerian economy is here, “since we don’t need the World Bank to come and do this for us.”

Also, General Manager, Lagos State Electricity Board, Damilola Ogunbiyi, said the state had shown that reliable and sustainable power projects are possible through the youths.

Ogunbiyi said though it had been a successful story, the state was just scratching the surface in its “aggressive development plan” in the area of power.

Promoter of the project, Faruk Agoro noted that the new IPP was an innovative idea of world-class natural gas-fired power generating facility, sold to the government by youths and it was bought into, to support government institutions, especially in the area of water supply and security.




The Lekki IPP is 8.5 megawatts, with the capacity for 30 megawatts.

This brings the Lagos IPPS to a total of 47 megawatts of electricity in total, powering several public institutions around the state.

The generated megawatts is however still a far cry from the over 10, 000 megawatts power deficit in the state.

On his part, the State Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Taofeek Tijani, said the new addition was about continuity in public infrastructure programme of the state government.

via http://independentnig.com/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/dailyindependentnig.com/2015/03/can-provide-stable-power-eight-months-fashola-boasts/_index.html_gzip

"Clean Sweep" Buhari

Late last year Minister (then Governor) Fashola made these statements. He's been Minister of Power since mid-November, so from his own projections we should have uninterrupted power by July!!!

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday evening boasted that he could provide uninterrupted power supply to Lagos residents between six and eight months.

Fashola spoke at the commissioning of 8.5 megawatts Lekki Independent Power Project (IPP), the fifth of such power projects in the last five years in the state.

The governor said the addition of the Lekki IPP was a testament to the fact that stable power does not require rocket science to achieve in the country.

While challenging power distribution companies in the state, Fashola said, “Let the Eko DISCOs sign a contract with me, giving part of their concessioning to the state government, in about six to eight months, there will be power in all homes in Lagos State,” Fashola said.

He added, “So, let no one say that he has no money to deliver power for the entire country. This is the limit to which the law allows us to do, but we have done this to make a statement that power can be generated. So, when they come with lies that power is impossible, you can tell them that we have power here; we make it possible”.

The project, courtesy of the state government, in partnership with Heritage Bank, is to serve Lagos State Water Corporations in Lekki Phase 1, Oniru, Victoria Island and Ikoyi, as well as over 25km of public lightening in the Lekki axis.

Commissioning the project, Fashola said he felt fulfilled with the conduct of youths that delivered the project, despite the difficulties in getting to the finishing point.

He said it also showed that the money to improve the Nigerian economy is here, “since we don’t need the World Bank to come and do this for us.”

Also, General Manager, Lagos State Electricity Board, Damilola Ogunbiyi, said the state had shown that reliable and sustainable power projects are possible through the youths.

Ogunbiyi said though it had been a successful story, the state was just scratching the surface in its “aggressive development plan” in the area of power.

Promoter of the project, Faruk Agoro noted that the new IPP was an innovative idea of world-class natural gas-fired power generating facility, sold to the government by youths and it was bought into, to support government institutions, especially in the area of water supply and security.




The Lekki IPP is 8.5 megawatts, with the capacity for 30 megawatts.

This brings the Lagos IPPS to a total of 47 megawatts of electricity in total, powering several public institutions around the state.

The generated megawatts is however still a far cry from the over 10, 000 megawatts power deficit in the state.

On his part, the State Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Taofeek Tijani, said the new addition was about continuity in public infrastructure programme of the state government.

via http://independentnig.com/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/dailyindependentnig.com/2015/03/can-provide-stable-power-eight-months-fashola-boasts/_index.html_gzip

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Read with your eyes open and your mind unclouded The intention of this post is not to support a GEJ presidency (I have said my own)

On January 9 2015, Audu Maikori wrote the text below on his Facebook page, it was in response to those who must have continued to ask why he was supporting the now outgone President Goodluck Jonathan in the face of nationwide clamour for the APC’s Mohammed Buhari.

While Mohammed Buhari has since gone on to win the March 2008 Presidential election, the concerns that Audu raised about Buhari being set in his ways in the face of a dynamic and rapidly changing socio-economic landscape like Nigeria’s still ring through today.

I watched Buhari’s campaign speech yesterday and I left feeling like I was listening to my father speaking to me- and that’s sort of natural, after all he and my father are about the same age. Buhari is an awesome figure, very impressive in terms of what he stands for as a person.



Indeed I must tell a story – way back in 1998 during the perennial university strikes I was in Kaduna during one of the fuel scarcity episodes. I was at the Ungwar Rimi filling station and had been on a line for 3 hrs or so waiting for my turn to buy fuel.

[b]And if you can recall those days, fuel lines were like military camps and people were violent if you tried to jump the queue unless you were a friend of the petrol station manager or a soldier, and Buhari drove into the area in his 505 looking for fuel and somehow people saw him and all of a sudden started moving their cars out of the way to allow him drive up to fill his tank. This people did without compulsion-it was out of sheer respect of him, the man, and the father figure that was Buhari (pre -PTF).

If Buhari was going to be allowed to run the country based on his ideals alone, I would probably change my mind (after I get past the age factor) But honestly speaking, governance is not strictly about a single personality- it’s a series of conversations around different interest groups and institutions and walking the fine line between your decisions based on personal interest or moral values and / or public interest- which usually means a politicized decision.

I feel that a Buhari presidency though well intended will not achieve much due to the fact that he will try to purge Nigeria via old school methods which are no longer practical. He will be the face but the real machinery will be run by some of Nigeria’s most “pious” politicians – people like Tinubu, Amaechi, Atiku, etc. The question is will they allow him to stop the business as usual environment they have benefited from to their detriment?

When Buhari spoke about Sharia a few years back which was seen as very inciteful and how it was necessary in Nigeria, he spoke as a devout Muslim that he is- but the statement was so politically incorrect, especially since you know that same Sharia implementation led to the death of thousands of men and women in Kaduna state alone in the early 2000’s This led to the division of southern Kaduna from northern Kaduna and the relocation of the people to Barnawa and beyond due to religious intolerance.

When it comes to elections, I personally feel that we are asking a man whose ways and actions are set to suddenly become dynamic and new, and do so with the support of leaders who were not just part of the PDP rot but were key players in it. Suddenly they are born again and old things are passed and have become “new”…
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Goodluck is far from perfect but I see him continuing to make steady inroads especially in the area of the economic advancement of young people because the cliché is true – the youth are the future but the future is now and here! Has he done well? In some areas yes, but in security no. That’s the fact. I won’t go into the reasons why not, but we should note that the rot in the army started many years before Jonathan and the insurgency only opened the canker-worm that was hidden because the need to protect Nigeria hadn’t arisen in over 39 or so.

About corruption having worked around government for almost 3 years I now understand things I never quite understood. Most of the corruption in our country is usually attributed to government and the civil service which is true, but we forget that they need collaborators in the private sector to successfully perpetrate these crimes.

[b]The best way to fight corruption is to build institutions and use technology to fortify them so they can reduce incidences of corruption- that’s the truth. You can’t tap an MTN line like we used to tap the box telephones at home in those days. You can’t pass the Lekki toll gate without paying 120 at the automated gates but the politicians can set up companies to surreptitiously buy the company that owns the gates ( hope you get my drift) and that’s done at top level.

You can’t also fight corruption if you tip a policeman at every checkpoint instead of taking the day off and ensuring you get your driver’s license so we can stop the extortion – yes that too is corruption.

Why is budget implementation so poor? Because the National Assembly unduly politicizes the process leading to late passage of the bills (in 2013 it was in July / August same as 2014) so when projects don’t get delivered it’s mostly because of slow passage of the bill.

The other reason is that the appropriations committees can tamper with the budget how they like, that’s why a project like the perilous Lokoja -Abuja road which led to the death of many Nigerians took over 10 years to be completed because the amounts appropriated by the NASS was simply inappropriate to adequately fund the completion.

[/b]It was only when the SURE-P intervention came that the road was fast tracked (as most can testify) same with the railways, roads and bridges etc. – why? Because the SURE-P funds were better insulated from tampering unlike many other projects approved for completion. There are now policies being put to change this to make execution more effective off of the lessons we learnt via SURE-P on a federal level.

[b]But I digress, I agree that GMB is a fine gentleman and leader but I also believe that if I did vote for him I would be doing so nostalgically not realistically, because there’s a new Nigeria where people are earning a living off their talents and passions and creating a new middle class which was virtually non-existent pre GEJ and that’s the Nigeria I want to be part of. Agriculture is becoming the new sexy, and his administration has pushed it even more than Obasanjo (a renowned farmer did).

No matter how I explain Facebook or Instagram or the global economy to my dad now he may not fully grasp it as a person below 35 would, and I fear that I would rather move forward imperfectly than go back to the past in search of Utopia.

[/b]This is just my view of things and I have taken time to state it and not berate GMB – it’s my vote , it’s my choice, some will say that I vote for GEJ because of SURE-P ( by the way my tenure expires in April 2015 regardless of who wins). But honestly I do so because in him I see a man who is imperfect, struggling with his imperfections to make things better and I see room for improvement and change.

In all fairness we are all sort of like that trying to get a better report card and improve on poor subjects of last semester. In the latter I see an upright man of integrity and high discipline who doesn’t yet realize that one of his disciples may yet betray because they don’t stand for the same ideals.

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Op–ed pieces and contributions are the opinions of the writers only and do not represent the opinions of Y!/YNaija

Audu Maikori is the founder, Chocolate City Group.

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Location Images via GoogleEarth

Note dates and extent of sand filling

*This doesn't imply that sand filling is 'evil' but that DUE DILIGENCE & OVERSIGHT need to be carried out to the nth degree on sand filled sites*

ALSO PLEASE IS THERE ANY EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) CARRIED OUT FOR ALL THIS SAND FILLING IN THE LEKKI AXIS?

First image date is 01/05/2000
Second image date is 08/12/2015

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Why does the X on th building say 08/03/2016?

Did the State Government only determine that adjacent buildings were structurally deficient yesterday?

Where have the Building Control Agency been since the construction started?


(Image via http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/08/death-toll-rises-in-lekki-gardens-building-collapse-photos/)

Location Images via GoogleEarth

Note dates and extent of sand filling

*This doesn't imply that sand filling is 'evil' but that DUE DILIGENCE & OVERSIGHT need to be carried out to the nth degree on sand filled sites*

First image date is 01/05/2000
Second image date is 08/12/2015

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Location Confirmation via vanguard newspapers

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/collapsed-building-five-confirm-dead-in-lagos/

Location Images via GoogleEarth

Note dates and extent of sand filling

*This doesn't imply that sand filling is 'evil' but that DUE DILIGENCE & OVERSIGHT need to be carried out to the nth degree on sand filled sites*

First image date is 01/05/2000
Second image date is 08/12/2015

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lalasticlala, seun this should be on FP please

No Media Blackout on the developer should be tolerated. Vanguard is the only mainstream media stating the location.

Posterity will judge but inaction can lead to more disasters!

brabus:
From Vanguard Newspaper

Tragedy occurred in Lagos, when a five storey building collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday, at Lekki Garden Estate, within Ikate Elegushi area, along Lekki-Epe Expressway. At least five unidentified dead bodies have been recovered so far from the rubble. The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA,Mr. Michael Akindele, who confirmed the report, said six persons have been rescued so far .

It was gathered that the collapsed building was completed less than a year ago. According to Akindele, the incident occurred around 5 am, during the heavy rainfall. “So far, we have recovered five dead bodies and six persons have also been rescued. Though, we cannot ascertain the total number of trapped people, but rescue operation is still on-going.” Akindele told Vanguard. Rescue operation is being conducted by responders such as; National Emergency management Authority, NEMA, LASEMA, Lagos State Fire Service, Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Civil Defence Corp, Merchant Navy and members of the state police command.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/collapsed-building-five-confirm-dead-in-lagos/

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Please take note of how Vanguard report the incident at 8:33am in the first picture when the location of the incident is yet to be confirmed. And how, it reported the news later around 11:13am

Clean Sweep Buhari

really?

"Clean Sweep" Buhari?

He who comes to equity must come with clean hands

"Clean Sweep" Buhari .... was Jeffrey Archer on to something?

It is important that those who midwifed the 'change' ensure true change and accountability

Transparency International Country Data for Nigeria 13:11hrs 04/02/2016

https://www.transparency.org/country/#NGA

It is my firm belief that the sooner we fix the governmental structure of this country the faster we are set on our path to greatness!

A REFERENDUM should be held asap!